American political parties and elections : a very short introduction / / L. Sandy Maisel

• Autore: Maisel Louis Sandy <1945->
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 pages)
• Disciplina: 324.973
• Soggetto topico: Elections - United States; Political parties - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-161) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The context of American elections and political parties -- A brief history of American political parties -- Party organizations : what do they look like? what do they do? -- Who are Republicans? who are Democrats? who are the "others"? -- Presidential elections : nominating campaigns and general elections -- Subnational nominations and elections -- Far from the perfect democracy.
• Sommario/riassunto: Few Americans and even fewer citizens of other nations understand the electoral process in the United States. Still fewer understand the role played by political parties in the electoral process or the ironies within the system. Participation in elections in the United States is much lower than in the vast majority of mature democracies. Perhaps this is because of the lack of competition in a country where only two parties have a true chance of winning, despite the fact that a large number of citizens claim allegiance to neither and think badly of both. Or perhaps it is because in the U.S. cam
• Titolo autorizzato: American political parties and elections
• ISBN: 1-281-16287-6; 0-19-971968-3; 1-4356-0956-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778102803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Very short introductions ; ; 169.