LEADER 02864nam 2200553 a 450 001 9910791342303321 005 20230523181819.0 010 $a1-282-60456-2 010 $a9786612604560 010 $a0-472-02261-X 035 $a(CKB)2560000000014812 035 $a(OCoLC)646069082 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10393001 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000413483 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11299773 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413483 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10381079 035 $a(PQKB)10837006 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414827 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000014812 100 $a20150424h19941994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCandidates, Congress, and the American democracy /$fLinda L. Fowler 210 1$aAnn Arbor :$cUniversity of Michigan Press,$d1993. 210 4$aŠ1993. 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 228 pages) 225 1 $aAnalytical perspectives on politics 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-472-06473-8 330 $aIn Candidates, Congress, and the American Democracy Linda L. Fowler provides a wide-ranging examination of candidacy as a source of both stability and change in U.S. politics. An expert on political candidates, she brings a novel perspective to the topic by emphasizing that candidates are necessary instruments for popular control of government. Fowler maintains that the ambitions of individual candidates are essential to the functioning of the nation's constitutional system and are important factors in its political history. She traces the influence of candidates in fostering electoral competition, promoting the representation of such newly mobilized groups of citizens as women and ethnic minorities, and transforming political institutions and parties. Despite the importance of candidacy, the institution is poorly understood because both scholars and voters tend to limit their focus on candidates to the narrow context of election campaigns. The author argues that a broader view reveals how candidates are linked to a variety of trends and contradictions in contemporary U.S. politics. 410 0$aAnalytical perspectives on politics. 606 $aPolitical participation$zUnited States 606 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States 606 $aPolitics, Practical$zUnited States 606 $aPolitical campaigns$zUnited States 615 0$aPolitical participation 615 0$aPolitical culture 615 0$aPolitics, Practical 615 0$aPolitical campaigns 676 $a323/.042/0973 700 $aFowler$b Linda L.$f1945-$01492354 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791342303321 996 $aCandidates, Congress, and the American democracy$93782170 997 $aUNINA