Nonpartisan primary election reform : mitigating mischief /

"Over the years, observers of American politics have noted the deleterious effects of party polarization in both the national and state legislatures. Reformers have tried to address this problem by changing primary election laws. A theory underlies these legal changes: the reformers tend to bel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Alvarez, R. Michael, 1964- (Autor), Sinclair, J. Andrew (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Primaries > United States.
Election law > United States.
Political parties > United States.
Polarization (Social sciences) > United States.
Right and left (Political science) > United States.
Élections primaires > États-Unis.
Polarisation collective > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Election law
Polarization (Social sciences)
Political parties
Primaries
Right and left (Political science)
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 A Problem Posed in Tampa ; 2 Primary Expectations ; 3 The Year and the Proposition ; 4 What Happened in 2012? Legislative Elections ; 5 Primary Elections and Voter Participation ; 6 The Voter's View ; 7 Abandonment of Weak Parties ; 8 Voter Expectations for California's Top-Two Primary ; 9 Voting Rights, Representation, and the Top-Two Primary ; 10 Beyond the Spatial Model ; 11 Conclusion ; References; Index.

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