Nominating the President - Evolution and Revolution in 2008 and Beyond

Informationen zum Autor Jack Citrin is the Heller Professor of Political Science and director of the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. David Karol is assistant professor of political science at the University of California at Berkeley. Klappentext This book offers a fresh look at the role of parties, the constraints of campaign finance, the status of front-runners, and the significance of rules, race, and gender in the post-reform era. In this volume, leading scholars assess the state of the process with original research about money, scheduling, superdelegates, and the role of race and gender in voting. Zusammenfassung This book offers a fresh look at the role of parties! the constraints of campaign finance! the status of front-runners! and the significance of rules! race! and gender in the post-reform era. In this volume! leading scholars assess the state of the process with original resear... Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Table of Contents Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1. The Changing Nature of Campaign Financing for Primary Candidates Chapter 4 2. Money in 2008: A Collapse of the Campaign Finance Regime? Chapter 5 3. Knowns and Unknowns in Campaign Finance Chapter 6 4. Assumptions and Realities of Presidential Primary Front-Loading in 2008 Chapter 7 5. What Political Scientists May (or May Not) Know about Presidential Nominations Chapter 8 6. The Rules and the Role of Race and Gender in 2008 Chapter 9 7. The Way We Choose Presidential Nominees: Problems and Prospects Chapter 10 References

Product details

• Authors: Jack Citrin, Jack (EDT)/ Karol Citrin, Jack Karol Citrin, Citrin Jack, David Karol, Karol David
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.09.2009
• EAN: 9780742566378
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-6637-8
• No. of pages: 140
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, Elections & referenda, Central / national / federal government, Central government, Campaigns and Elections