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Primary elections and American politics : the unintended consequences of Progressive era reform / Chapman Rackaway and Joseph Romance.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rackaway, Chapman, author.
- Romance, Joseph, 1966- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Primaries--United States--History.
- Primaries.
- Political parties--United States--History.
- Political parties.
- Progressivism (United States politics)--History.
- Progressivism (United States politics).
- Representative government and representation--United States--History.
- Representative government and representation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, 2022.
- Contents:
- Making parties into machines
- Parties ascendant
- What the Progressives were for
- Why the machines were targeted
- The early primary era
- The pivotal 1968 Democratic National Convention
- What direct primaries have done
- The problem with primaries
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-250) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781438490595
- 1438490593
- Publisher Number:
- 40031422018
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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