The Race for the White House from Reagan to Clinton: Reforming Old Systems, Building New Coalitions

by A. Bennett

Overview

The Race for the White House from Reagan to Clinton provides a foundation for how the presidential nomination process and the presidential election process have changed over the past three decades by addressing a number of important questions about the nomination and electoral processes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137268600
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	02/06/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	243
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

ANTHONY J. BENNETT is the author of numerous American government and political science textbooks, most prominently UK Secondary Education and testing board books from Hodder Publishing.

Table of Contents

The Making of the Process 1980: 'A New Beginning' 1984: 'It's Morning Again in America' 1988: 'A Kinder, Gentler America' 1992: 'It's the Economy, Stupid!' 1996: 'A Bridge to the 21st Century How the Process became more Democratic but Less Efficient

Editorial Reviews

"Tony Bennett's 'Race for the White House' is wonderfully readable and insightful. He nicely combines history, political science and commentary to recount and analyze what happened, and why, in five important presidential elections. Leave it to a Brit to explain so well American politics to Americans." - David Skaggs, former US Congressman

"Anthony Bennett has provided a rigorous, clear and balanced analysis of the road to the White House. As well as providing vivid historical sketches of successive races, Bennett offers a comprehensive account of the changes in nominating processes that have shaped, for better and worse, who gets to the White House and why. This is a welcome and important addition to the scholarship on the politics of presidential selection." - Robert Singh, Professor of Politics, Birkbeck University of London, UK

"Anthony Bennett's book offers a polished overview of the subject. It combines a wealth of detail with a fluency of style. It provides an excellent 'next step' for those wishing to move beyond the introductory textbooks." - Edward Ashbee, Associate Professor, Department of Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

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