The life of the parties : activists in presidential politics /

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Commentators, especially since the Democratic party reforms following 1968, have expressed serious concerns about the role of party activists in the American political system. Have they become so concerned with ideological purity that they are unable to nominate strong candidates? Are activists loya...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rapoport, Ronald, Abramowitz, Alan, McGlennon, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1986]
Temas:
Political conventions > United States.
Political parties > United States.
Presidents > United States > Nomination.
Congrès politiques > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Parties.
Political conventions.
Political parties.
Presidents > Nomination.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Commentators, especially since the Democratic party reforms following 1968, have expressed serious concerns about the role of party activists in the American political system. Have they become so concerned with ideological purity that they are unable to nominate strong candidates? Are activists loyal only to particular interest groups, with little concern for the parties as institutions? Are the reformed nominating procedures open to takeover by new activists, who exit the party immediately after the presidential nominations fight? With such an unrepresentative set of activists, can parties ad.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (256 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813156408
0813156408

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