Presidential Elections: Strategies and Structures of American Politics
- ISBN-10
- 1538125110
- ISBN-13
- 9781538125113
- Series
- Presidential Elections
- Pages
- 312
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-08-02
- Authors
- Steven E Schier, Aaron Wildavsky, Nelson W Polsby
Description
Polsby and Wildavsky's classic text argues that the institutional rules of the presidential nomination and election processes, in combination with the behavior of the mass electorate, structure the strategic choices faced by politicians in powerful and foreseeable ways. We can make sense of the decisions made by differently situated political actors--incumbents, challengers, Democrats, Republicans, consultants, party official, activists, delegates, journalists, and voters--by understanding the ways in which their world is organized by incentives, regulations, events, resources, customs, and opportunities.
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