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Choosing Our Choices
Debating the Presidential Nominating Process
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Choosing Our Choices
Debating the Presidential Nominating Process
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Probably no feature of the American political system has been subject to more sustained criticism over the last twenty-five years than the process by which we choose our presidents. In Choosing Our Choices, Robert E. DiClerico and James W. Davis debate the question: should we retain the present, primary centered "direct democracy" method in selecting presidential candidates or should we return to a representative decision-making process to nominate our candidates? This timely and thought-provoking text offers the reader a concise yet comprehensive analysis of the presidential nominating system, arguments for and against the current system, and supplemental documents and essays for further reading. Choosing Our Choices will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars interested in exploring how Americans choose their leaders.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 Evolution of the Presidential Nominating Process
Chapter 3 The Case Against the Current Primary-Centered System
Chapter 4 In Defense of the President By Primary Process
Part 5 Documents
Chapter 6 McGovern-Fraser Commission: The Guidelines for Delegate Selection
Part 7 Readings
Chapter 8 "A Proposal for a National Primary"
Chapter 9 "The Case for a National Pre-primary Convention Plan"
Chapter 10 "Approval Voting: A Practical Reform for Multicandidate Elections"
Chapter 11 Proposal for a Regional Primary System
Product details
| Published | Apr 26 2000 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 176 |
| ISBN | 9798216335047 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Series | Enduring Questions in American Political Life |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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