Format:
Online-Ressource (257 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780691163161
Series Statement:
Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives v.146
Content:
From 1789 to 1913, U.S. senators were not directly elected by the people-instead the Constitution mandated that they be chosen by state legislators. This radically changed in 1913, when the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving the public a direct vote. Electing the Senate investigates the electoral connections among constituents, state legislators, political parties, and U.S. senators during the age of indirect elections. Wendy Schiller and Charles Stewart find that even though parties controlled the partisan affiliation of the winning candidate for Senate, they had
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 A Theory of Indirect Election; Chapter 3 Candidate Emergence, Political Ambition, and Seat Value; Chapter 4 Party as Gatekeeper: Canvass, Convention, and Caucus as Nomination Mechanisms; Chapter 5 Political Dynamics and Senate Representation; Chapter 6 Senate Electoral Responsiveness under Indirect and Direct Election; Chapter 7 Myth and Reality of the Seventeenth Amendment; References; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781400852680
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691163161
Additional Edition:
Print version Electing the Senate : Indirect Democracy before the Seventeenth Amendment
Language:
English
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