Elections in America.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schlozman, Kay Lehman, editor.

Series:

Routledge Revivals Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Political parties--United States.

Political parties.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.

Summary:

First published in 1987, Elections in America focuses upon different substantive aspects of elections in America. The essays orient themselves differentially with respect to these alternative perspectives on the role of elections in democratic governance. This book is a must read for students and researchers of political science.

Contents:

Sending them a message, getting a reply : presidential elections and democratic accountability / Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba

Elections as democratic institutions / Walter Dean Burnham

Party reform, nominating processes, and democratic ends / William Crotty

Farewell to reform, almost / Austin Ranney

Kind pictures and harsh words : how television presents the candidates / Doris A. Graber

News media myths and realities : what the network news did and didn't do in the 1984 general campaign / Michael J. Robinson.

Notes:

Papers presented at the Third Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Symposium on American Politics held at Boston College in Oct. 1985; organized by the Boston.

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-04-022914-X

1-003-53322-1

1-04-022917-4

9781003533221

OCLC:

1442732466