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1 online resource (154 pages)
ISBN:
9780199719686
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Very Short Introductions
Inhalt:
Few Americans and even fewer citizens of other nations understand the electoral process in the United States. Still fewer understand the role played by political parties in the electoral process or the ironies within the system. Participation in elections in the United States is much lower than in the vast majority of mature democracies. Perhaps this is because of the lack of competition in a country where only two parties have a true chance of winning, despite the fact that a large number of citizens claim allegiance to neither and think badly of both. Or perhaps it is because in the U.S. campaign contributions disproportionately favor incumbents in most legislative elections, or that largely unregulated groups such as the now notorious 527s have as much impact on the outcome of a campaign as do the parties or the candidates' campaign organizations. Studying these factors, you begin to get a very clear picture indeed of the problems that underlay our much trumpeted electoral system. This Very Short Introduction introduces the reader to these issues and more, providing an insider's view of how the system actually works while shining a light on some of its flaws. As we enter what is sure to be yet another highly contested election year, it is more important than ever that Americans take the time to learn the system that puts so many in power.
Inhalt:
Intro -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The context of American elections and political parties -- A federal republic with separation of powers -- The long ballot -- …or not so long -- Fixed terms with regular elections -- The Electoral College system -- Why an Electoral College? -- The Electoral College in the Contemporary Context -- The Significance of the Electoral College System -- Single-member, geographically defined districts with plurality-winner elections -- Single-member, geographically defined districts -- Plurality election winners -- The two-party system -- Summary -- 2 A brief history of American political parties -- The first American political parties -- The development of modern parties -- Parties as a reflection of policy divisions among the electorate -- American political parties as institutions -- The system in which American political parties function -- Expansion of the electorate -- Offices contested in American elections -- Campaign techniques -- Summary -- 3 Party organizations: What do they look like? What do they do? -- The national political party organizations -- The national party chairs -- National party organization staffs -- Electoral roles of the national committees' staff -- State party organizations -- Rejuvenation of state party organizations -- Variations in state laws -- Local party organizations -- Party conventions -- Summary -- 4 Who are Republicans? Who are Democrats? Who are the "others"? -- Party in the electorate -- Analyzing the affiliations of political groups -- Party coalitions -- The party organization -- The party in government -- The independents -- Summary -- 5 Presidential elections: Nominating campaigns and general elections -- The nominating process -- The rules of the game.
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ISBN 9780195301229
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780195301229
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Maisel, Louis Sandy, 1945 - American political parties and elections Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 2007 ISBN 0195301226
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ISBN 9780195301229
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Politologie
Schlagwort(e):
Parteiensystem
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Wahl
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USA
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Partei
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Geschichte
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Einführung
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=415073
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