Electing the House : The Adoption and Performance of the U.S. Single-Member District Electoral System /

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Electing the House illuminates how and why the United States came to use the single-member district system to elect its House of Representatives and whether the system performs well according to the objectives it was intended to achieve.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dow, Jay K. (Jay Kent), 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States. > Congress. > House.
United States. > Congress. > House > Election districts > History.
Election districts.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. House of Representatives Elections and American Political Development; 2. Founding-Era Thought and the Selection for Office; 3. The Founding-Era House of Representatives and the SMD System; 4. House of Representatives Elections in the Early Republic, 1788â#x80;#x93;1824; 5. The Jacksonian-Whig Era and the 1842 SMD Mandate; 6. The Progressive Era: Consolidation and Institutionalization, 1870â#x80;#x93;1930; 7. The Court Years, 1960â#x80;#x93;Present; 8. The Performance of the US SMD System
  • 9. An Affirmative Argument for SMD ElectionsCases Cited; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

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