05845nam 2201141 450 991078793170332120230629171854.00-691-16317-01-4008-5268-410.1515/9781400852680(CKB)2670000000577253(EBL)1771590(OCoLC)896700410(SSID)ssj0001381172(PQKBManifestationID)12454497(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001381172(PQKBWorkID)11393180(PQKB)10505233(SSID)ssj0000886178(PQKBManifestationID)11539639(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000886178(PQKBWorkID)10816668(PQKB)11224429(StDuBDS)EDZ0001755608(OCoLC)898005786(MdBmJHUP)muse43286(DE-B1597)459881(OCoLC)984676871(DE-B1597)9781400852680(Au-PeEL)EBL1771590(CaPaEBR)ebr10988154(CaONFJC)MIL663803(MiAaPQ)EBC1771590(EXLCZ)99267000000057725320140818h20152015 uy| 0engur|nu---|u||utxtccrElecting the senate indirect democracy before the seventeenth amendment /Wendy J. Schiller, Charles Stewart IIIPilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries onlyPrinceton :Princeton University Press,[2015]©20151 online resource (257 p.)Princeton studies in American politics: historical, international, and comparative perspectivesDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-32521-9 0-691-16316-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Tables --Preface --Chapter 1. Introduction --Chapter 2. A Theory of Indirect Election --Chapter 3. Candidate Emergence, Political Ambition, and Seat Value --Chapter 4. Party as Gatekeeper: Canvass, Convention, and Caucus as Nomination Mechanisms --Chapter 5. Political Dynamics and Senate Representation --Chapter 6. Senate Electoral Responsiveness under Indirect and Direct Election --Chapter 7. Myth and Reality of the Seventeenth Amendment --References --Index"From 1789 to 1913, U.S. senators were not directly elected by the people--instead the Constitution mandated that they be chosen by state legislators. This radically changed in 1913, when the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving the public a direct vote. Electing the Senate investigates the electoral connections among constituents, state legislators, political parties, and U.S. senators during the age of indirect elections. Wendy Schiller and Charles Stewart find that even though parties controlled the partisan affiliation of the winning candidate for Senate, they had much less control over the universe of candidates who competed for votes in Senate elections and the parties did not always succeed in resolving internal conflict among their rank and file. Party politics, money, and personal ambition dominated the election process, in a system originally designed to insulate the Senate from public pressure. Electing the Senate uses an original data set of all the roll call votes cast by state legislators for U.S. senators from 1871 to 1913 and all state legislators who served during this time. Newspaper and biographical accounts uncover vivid stories of the political maneuvering, corruption, and partisanship--played out by elite political actors, from elected officials, to party machine bosses, to wealthy business owners--that dominated the indirect Senate elections process. Electing the Senate raises important questions about the effectiveness of Constitutional reforms, such as the Seventeenth Amendment, that promised to produce a more responsive and accountable government. "--Provided by publisher.Princeton studies in American politics.(DE-601)105637076(DE-588)4139210-3WahlsystemgndPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & ElectionsbisacshUnited StatesPolitics and governmentSenate elections.Senate representation.Senate seat.Seventeenth Amendment.U.S. Constitution.U.S. Senate.U.S. senator.direct election.direct elections.electoral systems.federalism.indirect election.indirect elections.institutional representation.legislative activity.partisanship.party caucus.political candidates.political control.political corruption.political parties.political party leaders.public vote.representational behavior.senators.state elections.state legislator.state legislature.state legislatures.WahlsystemPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections.328.73/0734POL008000POL006000POL010000HIS036040bisacshSchiller Wendy J.1964-1474342Stewart Charles HainesMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787931703321Electing the senate3687977UNINA03610nam 2200709 a 450 991079193340332120230126204307.01-282-24197-497866138130910-253-00701-1(CKB)2560000000089491(EBL)816866(OCoLC)821733311(SSID)ssj0000701628(PQKBManifestationID)11470869(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000701628(PQKBWorkID)10675273(PQKB)11765896(MiAaPQ)EBC816866(MdBmJHUP)muse18234(Au-PeEL)EBL816866(CaPaEBR)ebr10583848(CaONFJC)MIL381309(EXLCZ)99256000000008949120120524d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNation of cowards[electronic resource] black activism in Barack Obama's post-racial America /David H. Ikard and Martell Lee TeasleyBloomington Indiana University Pressc20121 online resource (174 p.)Blacks in the diasporaDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-00628-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : is America a nation of cowards or has Attorney General Eric Holder lost his mind? -- The teaching moment that never was : Henry Louis Gates, Barack Obama, and the post-racial dilemma -- "I know what's in his heart" : enlightened exceptionalism and the problem with using Barack Obama as the racial litmus test for Black progress and achievement -- The audacity of Reverend Wright : speaking truth to power in the twenty-first century -- Setting the record straight : why Barack Obama and America cannot afford to ignore a Black agenda -- Pull yourself up by your bootstraps : Barack Obama, the Black poor, and the problems of racial common sense thinking.In a speech from which Nation of Cowards derives its title, Attorney General Eric Holder argued forcefully that Americans today need to talk more-not less-about racism. This appeal for candid talk about race exposes the paradox of Barack Obama's historic rise to the US presidency and the ever-increasing social and economic instability of African American communities. David H. Ikard and Martell Lee Teasley maintain that such a conversation can take place only with passionate and organized pressure from black Americans, and that neither Obama nor any political figure is likely to be in the foBlacks in the diaspora.African AmericansPolitics and government21st centuryAfrican AmericansSocial conditions21st centuryAfrican AmericansEconomic conditions21st centuryPost-racialismUnited StatesRace awarenessUnited StatesUnited StatesRace relationsPolitical aspectsUnited StatesPolitics and government2009-African AmericansPolitics and governmentAfrican AmericansSocial conditionsAfrican AmericansEconomic conditionsPost-racialismRace awareness305.8/009730905Ikard David1972-1475750Teasley Martell L1475751MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791933403321Nation of cowards3690046UNINA