A citizen's guide to presidential nominations : the competition for leadership / Wayne P. Steger.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Citizen guides to politics and public affairs.
Main Author: Steger, Wayne P. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.
Series:Citizen guides to politics and public affairs.
Subjects:
Presidents > United States > Nomination.
Primaries > United States.
Presidents > Nomination.
Primaries.
United States.
Physical Description:xvii, 156 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Variant Title:
Guide to presidential nominations.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction and rules of the game
  • An introduction to presidential nominations
  • An evolving nomination process
  • Mechanics of the game
  • Party stakeholders : the insider game
  • The changing money game
  • Mass- and micro- media campaigns
  • Competition in post-reform presidential nominations
  • Collusion or competition during the invisible primary
  • Why some nominations are decided before and some during the primaries
  • Political party unity : long- and short-term variations
  • Candidates : opportunism, competition, and change
  • Before, during, and after the primaries.