Representation and Presidential Primaries: The Democratic Party in the Post-Reform Era
(Book #57 in the Contributions in Political Science Series)
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This is the first major study of the origins of direct primary elections in the U.S. since the 1920s. It rejects the widely held view that primaries resulted from a conflict between anti-party reformers and so-called party "regulars." Instead, it shows that the direct primary was the result of an attempt, starting in the late 1880s, by mainstream party politicians to subject their previously informal procedures to formal rules. Politicians turned...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:031322482X
ISBN13:9780313224829
Release Date:June 1981
Publisher:Praeger
Length:150 Pages
Weight:0.86 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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