John F. Reynolds

The Demise of the American Convention System, 1880-1911

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A study of how the Democratic and Republican parties changed their selection procedures for candidates for elective office.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 620g
• ISBN-13: 9780521859639
• ISBN-10: 0521859638
• Artikelnr.: 22733588

Autorenporträt

John F. Reynolds is an associate professor of history at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He received his B.A. and M.A. from Michigan State University and his Ph.D. from Rutgers University. He is the author of Testing Democracy, Electoral Behavior and Progressive Reform in New Jersey, 1880-1920 and has published articles in the Journal of American History, Social Science History, Historical Methods, and The Historian.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The search for harmony
3. Emergence of the hustling candidate
4. Coping with competition
5. The pivot of reform
6. The direct primary in the reform tradition.