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Title: Presidential Selection by James W. Ceaser ISBN: 0-691-02188-0 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1979 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $33.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Sometimes Oil and Water Does Mix
Comment: Mixing common sense with social science is much like mixing oil and water. But sometimes it does work. This is one such case. Presidential Selection by James Ceaser is probably the best theoretical treatment of the development of why the American presidential selection process works the way it does. Ceaser understands that politicians act rationally, given the rules of the game. It is therefore essential to understand the rules. But is is even more important to understand why there are some rules and not others. Much of modern political science is good at explaining the formal and informal rules of presidential elections. This particular work is unique in explaining why we have the particular rules we do and how changing them has or can affect regime principles. Ceaser's touchstone in all of this is The Federalist, but it is read with a critical eye with regard both strengths and weaknesses. Overall the strengths outweigh the weaknesses because the founders' form of liberal democracy trumps any modern alternatives.
Rating: 3
Summary: Boring but informative
Comment: Ceaser provides a less-than-engrossing account of the three major changes in presidential selection processes throughout the history of the US, starting with the founding fathers, moving on to Martin Van Buren, and finishing with Woodrow Wilson. The author wrote it as his Harvard thesis, so that should be some indication of how interesting the book is. I read it for a college course on the Presidency, and it was very informative, but not exactly pleasure reading.
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Title: Serious Money : Fundraising and Contributing in Presidential Nomination Campaigns by Clifford Waters Brown, Lynda W. Powell, Clyde Wilcox ISBN: 0521497809 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 29 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Consequences of Party Reform by Nelson Polsby ISBN: 0195033159 Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr (T) Pub. Date: 01 March, 1983 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Two Majorities and the Puzzle of Modern American Politics by Byron E. Shafer ISBN: 070061236X Publisher: University Press of Kansas Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: PRESIDENTIAL POWER AND THE MODERN PRESIDENTS : THE POLITICS OF LEADERSHIP FROM ROOSEVELT TO REAGAN by Richard E. Neustadt ISBN: 0029227968 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1991 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Change and Continuity in the 2000 Elections by Paul R. Abramson, John Herbert Aldrich, David W. Rohde ISBN: 1568027400 Publisher: CQ Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $36.95 |
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