Stephen J. Wayne

The Road to the White House 2012

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Stephen Wayne, a leading scholar of presidential electoral politics, describes and analyzes the crucial politics, procedures, and strategies behind campaign finance, media relations, nominating politics, and the politics and meaning of the general election.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cengage Learning EMEA / Wadsworth
• 9th ed.
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9781111341503
• ISBN-10: 1111341508
• Artikelnr.: 33348277

Autorenporträt

Stephen Wayne is an Emeritus Professor of Government at Georgetown University. He is a Washington insider who has written many books and articles on the presidency and presidential elections. A frequent source for journalists covering American politics, he often appears on television and radio news programs, conducts seminars for senior federal executives and international visitors, and lectures at many universities in the United States and abroad.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.About the Author.Part I: THE ELECTORAL ARENA.1. Presidential Selection: A Historical Overview.2. Campaign Finance.3. The Political Environment.Part II: THE NOMINATION.4. Party Rules and their Impact: The Legal Environment5. Campaigning for the Nomination6. Spring Interregnum: Consolidating Victory and Posturing for the Election.Part III: THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.7. Organization, Strategy, and Tactics.8. Media Politics.Part IV: THE ELECTION.9. Understanding Presidential Elections.10. Reforming the Electoral System.Part V: APPENDICES.A. Results of Presidential Elections, 1900-2008.B. 2008 Electoral and Popular Vote Summary.C. 2008 Electoral Vote Distribution.D. Republican and Democratic Party Conventions and Nominees, 1900-2008.