Cargando…

Electing the Senate : Indirect Democracy before the Seventeenth Amendment /

"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 S...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Schiller, Wendy J., 1964- (Autor), Stewart, Charles Haines (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a22000004a 4500
001 musev2_36454
003 MdBmJHUP
005 20230905043831.0
006 m o d
007 cr||||||||nn|n
008 141121s2015 nju o 00 0 eng d
020 |a 9781400852680 
020 |z 9780691163178 
020 |z 9780691163161 
035 |a (OCoLC)898005786 
040 |a MdBmJHUP  |c MdBmJHUP 
100 1 |a Schiller, Wendy J.,  |d 1964-  |e author. 
245 1 0 |a Electing the Senate :   |b Indirect Democracy before the Seventeenth Amendment /   |c Wendy J. Schiller, Charles Stewart III. 
264 1 |a Princeton, New Jersey :  |b Princeton University Press,  |c [2015] 
264 3 |a Baltimore, Md. :  |b Project MUSE,   |c 2015 
264 4 |c ©[2015] 
300 |a 1 online resource (256 pages). 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
490 0 |a Princeton studies in American politics 
505 0 0 |g Introduction --  |t A theory of indirect election --  |t Candidate emergence, political ambition, and seat value --  |t Party as gatekeeper : canvass, convention, and caucus as nomination mechanisms --  |t Political dynamics and Senate representation --  |t Senate electoral responsiveness under indirect and direct election --  |t Myth and reality of the Seventeenth Amendment. 
520 |a "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 much less control over the universe of candidates who competed for votes in Senate elections and the parties did not always succeed in resolving internal conflict among their rank and file. Party politics, money, and personal ambition dominated the election process, in a system originally designed to insulate the Senate from public pressure. Electing the Senate uses an original data set of all the roll call votes cast by state legislators for U.S. senators from 1871 to 1913 and all state legislators who served during this time. Newspaper and biographical accounts uncover vivid stories of the political maneuvering, corruption, and partisanship--played out by elite political actors, from elected officials, to party machine bosses, to wealthy business owners--that dominated the indirect Senate elections process. Electing the Senate raises important questions about the effectiveness of Constitutional reforms, such as the Seventeenth Amendment, that promised to produce a more responsive and accountable government."--  |c Provided by publisher 
546 |a English. 
588 |a Description based on print version record. 
610 1 7 |a United States.  |b Congress.  |b Senate.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00530422 
610 1 0 |a United States.  |b Congress.  |b Senate  |x Elections. 
651 7 |a United States.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 
651 6 |a États-Unis  |x Politique et gouvernement. 
651 0 |a United States  |x Politics and government. 
650 7 |a Wahlsystem  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Politics and government  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 
650 7 |a Elections.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00904324 
650 7 |a HISTORY  |z United States  |y 19th Century.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a POLITICAL SCIENCE  |x Government  |x Legislative Branch.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a behavioral sciences.  |2 aat 
650 7 |a psychology.  |2 aat 
650 6 |a Psychologie comparee. 
650 6 |a Sciences du comportement. 
650 6 |a Psychologie. 
650 2 |a Psychology, Comparative 
650 2 |a Psychiatry and Psychology 
650 2 |a Behavioral Disciplines and Activities 
650 2 |a Behavioral Sciences 
650 2 |a Psychology 
650 0 |a Psychology, Comparative. 
650 0 |a Psychology. 
655 7 |a Electronic books.   |2 local 
700 1 |a Stewart, Charles Haines,  |e author. 
710 2 |a Project Muse.  |e distributor 
830 0 |a Book collections on Project MUSE. 
856 4 0 |z Texto completo  |u https://projectmuse.uam.elogim.com/book/36454/ 
945 |a Project MUSE - Custom Collection 
945 |a Project MUSE - 2015 Complete 
945 |a Project MUSE - 2015 Political Science and Policy Studies