Campaigning for President in America, 1788û2016

What does it take to get elected president of the United States-"leader of the free world"? This book gives readers insight into the major issues and events surrounding American presidential elections across more than two centuries, from the earliest years of the Republic through the campaigns of the 21st century.

The race for the presidency encapsulates the broader changes in American democratic culture. This book provides insight into the major issues and events surrounding American presidential elections across more than two centuries, from the earliest years of the Republic through the campaigns of the 21st century. Readers will be able to see and understand how presidential campaigns have evolved over time, and how and why the current state of campaigning for president came into being.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Scott John Hammond is Professor of Political Science at James Madison University, specializing in Western political theory and philosophy. He is the coauthor (with Robert N. Roberts) of Encyclopedia of Presidential Campaigns, Slogans, Issues, and Platforms (Greenwood Press, 2004) and (with Paul C. Cline and Anthony J Eksterowicz) American Democracy: Representation, Participation, and the Future of the Republic (1995), and coeditor (with Kevin R. Hardwick and Howard L. Lubert) of the two-volume Classics of American Political and Constitutional Thought (2007).
ROBERT N. ROBERTS is Assistant Professor of Political Science at James Madison University.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Scott Hammond, Scott J. Hammond, Hammond Scott John, Robert Roberts, Robert North Roberts, Robert/ Hammond Roberts, Roberts Robert North, Valerie Sulfaro, Valerie A. Sulfaro, Sulfaro Valerie A.
• Verlag: Greenwood Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.04.2016
• EAN: 9781440848889
• ISBN: 978-1-4408-4888-9
• Seiten: 600
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, HISTORY / United States / General, Political leaders & leadership, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Elections & referenda, Political leaders and leadership, Elections and referenda / suffrage