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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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction and Methodology; Part One The 1980 Delegate Study: Context and Overview; 1 The Underexplored Nomination Process; CANDIDATE CHOICE; REPRESENTATIVENESS; OPINION LEADERSHIP; REFERENCES; 2 Between Light and Shadow: The Political Context; THE DELEGATE SELECTION PROCESS; THE 1980 CAUCUSES; REFERENCES; 3 An Analysis of State Party Activists; DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; PARTISANSHIP AND IDEOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; NOTES; REFERENCES; Part Two Incentives and Motivations; 4 Incentives for Activism.
  • MOTIVATIONS OF PARTY ACTIVISTSMOTIVATIONS AND CANDIDATE PREFERENCE; NOTES; REFERENCES; 5 Ideology, Electability, and Candidate Choice; ELECTABILITY VS. IDEOLOGY IN 1980; IDEOLOGY AND CANDIDATE CHOICE; THE IMPACT OF ELECTABILITY; ELECTABILITY AS A RATIONALIZATION; ELECTABILITY VS. IDEOLOGY IN 1972; NOTES; REFERENCES; Part Three Groups and Representation; 6 Issue Group Activists at the Conventions; PATTERNS OF GROUP MEMBERSHIP; PARTY SUPPORT AND GROUP MEMBERSHIP; IDEOLOGY AND PARTY MEMBERSHIP; ISSUE POSITIONS AND GROUP MEMBERSHIP; NOTES; REFERENCES; 7 Migration and Activist Politics.
  • DEMOGRAPHIC AND POLITICAL BACKGROUNDSIDEOLOGY AND ISSUES; ATTITUDES TOWARD CANDIDATES; NOTES; REFERENCES; Part Four Issues and Ideology; 8 Elite Attitudinal Constraint; BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESES; EDUCATION AND POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT; MOTIVATIONAL EFFECTS ON CONSTRAINT; THE INDEPENDENT EFFECT OF EDUCATION; NOTES; REFERENCES; 9 Issue Constellations in 1980; ISSUE POSITIONS; ATTITUDE DIFFERENCES; REFERENCES; 10 The Permeability of Parties; DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIP; ISSUE POSITIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES; 11 Extremist Delegates: Myth and Reality; IDEOLOGUES IN THE PARTIES.
  • CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EXTREMISTSACTIVISM OF THE EXTREMISTS; NOTES; REFERENCES; Appendix: The 1980 Delegate Survey; Contributors; Index.

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