Reforming the Presidential nomination process

Smith, Steven S., 1953- (Added Author). Springer, Melanie J. (Added Author).

Summary: "Looks at the presidential nomination process--the ways in which it is broken and how it might be fixed. Addresses the selection process: the importance--and perceived unfairness--of the earliest primaries, media coverage and public endorsements, 'superdelegates.' Evaluates public perceptions of the current process as well as possible reforms"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780815703495 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 081570349X (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0815702884 (cloth)
ISBN: 9780815702887 (cloth)
ISBN: 0815702892 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780815702894 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780815702887 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780815702894 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xiv, 205 p.)
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatBulkString:mar.15.13 Multi-User. CatMonthString:mar.13
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Choosing presidential candidates / Steven S. Smith and Melanie J. Springer -- Rules and the ideological character of primary electorates / Gerald C. Wright -- Voter participation : records galore this time, but what about next time? / Thomas E. Patterson -- Media, endorsements, and the 2008 primaries / Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Bruce W. Hardy -- Superdelegates : reforming the reforms revisited / William G. Mayer -- Public opinion and systems for nominating presidential candidates / Melanie J. Springer and James L. Gibson -- Picking presidential nominees : time for a new regime / Larry J. Sabato -- Is this any way to pick a president? : lessons from 2008 / Thomas E. Mann -- Presidential nomination reform : legal restraints and procedural possibilities / Daniel H. Lowenstein.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Action Note:	digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.