Parties and Elections in America: The Electoral Process - Softcover

Maisel, L. Sandy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 074251627X ISBN 13: 9780742516274

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2001

Synopsis

Parties and Elections in America is an established and well-respected text covering all aspects of the electoral process from historical roots through election year 2000. The Post-Election Update includes the 2000 election results, with 44 key data tables and figures updated and new chapter opening photos throughout. Chapter updates reflecting the events from the 2000 election include the presidential nomination process, the endless election, the role of Ralph Nader and the Greens, and media blunders on election night. The concluding chapter is updated to look ahead toward election reform measures certain to be proposed in the aftermath of Election 2000.

About this title

About the Author:

L. Sandy Maisel is the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor in the the Department of Government at Colby College.

Review:

The weighty fourth updated edition of a winning, in-depth survey of the electoral process in America shouldn't be missed by any seeking a survey of the electoral process, whether it be the high school or college student or the general-interest lay reader. Chapters in Parties and Elections in America: The Electoral Process highlight both parties' role in the process, consider organized group influence in the campaign process, analyze the state and local nomination process: in short, everything the political science student needs to understand. Highly recommended. (Library Bookwatch)

Parties and Elections in America highlights the great dynamism in the American electoral process. Sandy Maisel and Kara Buckley have produced a text that is both nuanced in its approach and accessible to students of politics. It highlights the parties' role in elections without either disdain or celebration—they tell it like it is. One couldn't ask for a more balanced approach. The book contains excellent treatments of complicated topics such as campaign finance reform, the role of interest groups in elections, the presidential nominating process, and state and local campaigns. Students of political parties, campaigns and elections, Congress, and the Presidency will find plenty to talk about in this volume! (Robin Kolodny, Temple University)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 074251627X
• ISBN 13: 9780742516274
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 624