The Roads to Congress 2012 - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0739181386 ISBN 13 : 9780739181386

Editeur : Lexington Books, 2013

Synopsis

The 2012 congressional elections played an equally vital role in determining the future course of America as the presidential race that topped the electoral ticket. Readers of this book will gain insights about the formative aspects of the 2012 campaign season as well as in depth coverage of key races for Congress. Exclusive to this volume are three chapters that look at important processes which impacted the campaign cycle: voter suppression laws passed in nearly every state, the role of Super PACs and independent expenditures in the wake of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, and the results of redistricting and partisan gerrymandering throughout the country. Then the case studies follow the path of seven House and six Senate races from inception to election postmortem. The chapters are both narrative and provide analysis of an array of interesting and diverse contests from throughout the country. Each entry was written by one or more experts living in the state or region of the race. The authors provide succinct and highly readable chapters meant to illustrate the distinctive nature of the campaigns they are examining. Readers will see individual campaigns and elections "up close" and be able to compare and contrast one from another because of the common format employed throughout the book. Taken together, the chapters reveal that the roads to Congress, while similar in so many ways, each follow a unique route to Capitol Hill.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Sean D. Foreman is assistant professor of political science at Barry University.

Robert Dewhirst is professor of political science at Northwest Missouri State University.

Sunil Ahuja is vice president for accreditation relations, institutional change, and research at the Higher Learning Commission.

William J. Miller is assistant professor of public administration at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida. He received his doctorate in 2010 in public administration and urban studies from The University of Akron along with a master's degree in applied politics (campaign management and polling). He is the editor of Tea Party Effects on 2010 U.S. Senate Elections: Stuck in the Middle to Lose (Lexington 2012) and The Political Battle over Congressional Redistricting (Lexington 2013).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lexington Books
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0739181386
• ISBN 13: 9780739181386
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 338
• Éditeur: Foreman Sean D., Dewhirst Robert
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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