The American direct primary : party institutionalization and transformation in the North
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JK2071 .W37 2002
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JK2071 .W37 2002
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Direktwahl
Parteiensystem
Partis politiques -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
Partis politiques -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
Political parties -- United States -- History
Primaries -- United States -- History
United States -- Politics and government
USA
Vorwahl -- Politik
Vorwahl <Politik>
Élections primaires -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
Élections primaires -- États-Unis.
États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement.
Parteiensystem
Partis politiques -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
Partis politiques -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
Political parties -- United States -- History
Primaries -- United States -- History
United States -- Politics and government
USA
Vorwahl -- Politik
Vorwahl <Politik>
Élections primaires -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
Élections primaires -- États-Unis.
États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement.
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Book
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xv, 270 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"This book rejects conventional accounts of how, and why, American political parties differ form those in other democracies. It focuses on the introduction of that most distinctive of American party devices, the direct primary, and argues that primaries resulted from a process of party institutionalization initiated by party elites. Thus, it overturns the widely accepted view that, between 1902 and 1915, direct primaries were imposed on the parties by antiparty reformers intent on weakening them. An examination of particular northern states shows that often the direct primary was not controversial, and only occasionally did it involve confrontation between party "regulars" and their opponents.
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Rather, the impetus for direct nominations initially came from attempts within the parties to subject previously informal procedures to formal rules. However, it proved impossible to reform the older caucus-convention system effectively, and party elites then turned to the direct primary - a device that already had become more common in rural counties in the late nineteenth century."--Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ware, A. (2002). The American direct primary: party institutionalization and transformation in the North . Cambridge University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ware, Alan. 2002. The American Direct Primary: Party Institutionalization and Transformation in the North. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ware, Alan. The American Direct Primary: Party Institutionalization and Transformation in the North Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Ware, A. (2002). The american direct primary: party institutionalization and transformation in the north. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ware, Alan. The American Direct Primary: Party Institutionalization and Transformation in the North Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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