Presidential SelectionDuke University Press, 1987 - 413 Seiten This study incorporates three important themes into the study of presidential selection: What are the international implications of how the Unites States chooses its presidents? How does the process affect other nations? Does it enhance or diminish the ability of the United States to deal effectively with the rest of the world? How do the changing characteristics of the the presidential selection process affect the shaping of public policies, and vice versa? For example, how have changes in citizen participation, campaign technologies, and campaign finance laws altered the balance of political power among institutions and interests? What is the influence of the Constitution on presidential selection, as in the prescribed qualifications for the office and in provisions for unusual circumstances? |
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... presidential candidates not only must decide to seek their party's nomination , but face the important additional challenge of attaining the label " serious . " What kinds of candidates succeed ? Michael Nelson approaches this question ...
... presidential selection have a stake in the outcome . They do not necessarily accept all the pretensions of American presidents or presidential candidates ... nomination Changing International Stakes in Presidential Selection Ernest R May.
... nomination , to the electoral college , and to other matters that an American teaching an introduc- tory American government course would not necessarily take for granted as known by American college freshmen . And this was in a year ...
... presidential nomination to have even come close to doing so . " Outs " usually have described the policies of " ins " as wrongheaded . The Republicans of 1952 charged Truman with misdi- recting to a stalemated war in Korea , resources ...
... nomination , however , the questions asked of candidates tend to be more parochial . During the early primaries in particular , they are often questions put by zealots who want to 48 Presidential Selection in World Context.