The Life of the Parties : Activists in Presidential Politics / edited by Ronald B. Rapoport, Alan I. Abramowitz, John McGlennon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McGlennon, John.

Abramowitz, Alan.

Rapoport, Ronald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Nomination.

Political parties--United States.

Political conventions--United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Commentators, especially since the Democratic party reforms following 1968, have expressed serious concerns about the role of party activists in the American political system. Have they become so concerned with ideological purity that they are unable to nominate strong candidates? Are activists loyal only to particular interest groups, with little concern for the parties as institutions? Are the reformed nominating procedures open to takeover by new activists, who exit the party immediately after the presidential nominations fight? With such an unrepresentative set of activists, can parties ad

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction and Methodology; Part One The 1980 Delegate Study: Context and Overview; 1 The Underexplored Nomination Process; CANDIDATE CHOICE; REPRESENTATIVENESS; OPINION LEADERSHIP; REFERENCES; 2 Between Light and Shadow: The Political Context; THE DELEGATE SELECTION PROCESS; THE 1980 CAUCUSES; REFERENCES; 3 An Analysis of State Party Activists; DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; PARTISANSHIP AND IDEOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; NOTES; REFERENCES; Part Two Incentives and Motivations; 4 Incentives for Activism

MOTIVATIONS OF PARTY ACTIVISTSMOTIVATIONS AND CANDIDATE PREFERENCE; NOTES; REFERENCES; 5 Ideology, Electability, and Candidate Choice; ELECTABILITY VS. IDEOLOGY IN 1980; IDEOLOGY AND CANDIDATE CHOICE; THE IMPACT OF ELECTABILITY; ELECTABILITY AS A RATIONALIZATION; ELECTABILITY VS. IDEOLOGY IN 1972; NOTES; REFERENCES; Part Three Groups and Representation; 6 Issue Group Activists at the Conventions; PATTERNS OF GROUP MEMBERSHIP; PARTY SUPPORT AND GROUP MEMBERSHIP; IDEOLOGY AND PARTY MEMBERSHIP; ISSUE POSITIONS AND GROUP MEMBERSHIP; NOTES; REFERENCES; 7 Migration and Activist Politics

DEMOGRAPHIC AND POLITICAL BACKGROUNDSIDEOLOGY AND ISSUES; ATTITUDES TOWARD CANDIDATES; NOTES; REFERENCES; Part Four Issues and Ideology; 8 Elite Attitudinal Constraint; BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESES; EDUCATION AND POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT; MOTIVATIONAL EFFECTS ON CONSTRAINT; THE INDEPENDENT EFFECT OF EDUCATION; NOTES; REFERENCES; 9 Issue Constellations in 1980; ISSUE POSITIONS; ATTITUDE DIFFERENCES; REFERENCES; 10 The Permeability of Parties; DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIP; ISSUE POSITIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES; 11 Extremist Delegates: Myth and Reality; IDEOLOGUES IN THE PARTIES

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EXTREMISTSACTIVISM OF THE EXTREMISTS; NOTES; REFERENCES; Appendix: The 1980 Delegate Survey; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-5640-8

OCLC:

560464928