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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965400303321

Autore

Leal David L

Titolo

Electing America's Governors : The Politics of Executive Elections / / by D. Leal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2006

ISBN

9786611365875

9781281365873

1281365874

9781403983671

1403983674

Edizione

[1st ed. 2006.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 249 p.)

Disciplina

324.973

Soggetti

Europe - Politics and government

Political science

European Politics

Political Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-247)

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Electing America's Governors: The Politics of Executive Elections -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Why Study How Governors Are Elected? -- 2 Election Outcomes: Campaign Expenditures and Candidate Quality -- 3 Election Outcomes: State and National Economic and Social Conditions -- 4 Voter Turnout: Competition, Candidates, and Conditions -- 5 Candidate Quality Revisited -- 6 Gubernatorial versus Senate Election Dynamics: Progressive Ambition -- 7 Gubernatorial versus Senate Election Dynamics: Electoral Competition and Campaign Intensity -- 8 Gubernatorial versus Senate Election Dynamics: Third-Party and Independent Campaigns -- 9 Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from overseas. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. This book studies the election of American state governors, 'an increasingly important group of political leaders', and makes



comparisons with Senate and presidential elections.