Parties in Transition - Hardcover

Miller, Warren E.; Jennings, M. Kent

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0871546027 ISBN 13: 9780871546029

Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation, 1986

Synopsis

Every four years, the drama of presidential selection inspires a reassessment of our political parties. Central to this assessment are the delegates who gather at Democratic and Republican national conventions. Parties in Transition presents a richly modulated body of data of the changing attitudes and behaviors of these delegates―their ideologies and loyalties, their recruitment into presidential politics, their persistence in or disengagement from it. Covering three recent sets of conventions and involving over five thousand delegates, this comprehensive study makes an essential contribution to our understanding of American party politics. "Richer and more authoritative than most of the best works in the field." ―Election Politics "A most important study of change in the American political scene....Richly deserves to be read." ―John H. Kessel, Ohio State University "[A] shrewd and sophisticated analysis....Both scholars and practitioners should read this book and ponder it." ―Austin Ranney, University of California, Berkeley

About this title

About the Author

WARREN E. MILLER is professor of political science at Arizona State University and research scientist at the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. M. KENT JENNINGS is professor of political science at the University of Michigan and the University of California, Santa Barbara, and program director at the Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan.

Synopsis

An assessment of the changing attitudes and behaviour of the delegates who gather at the Democratic and Republican national conventions every four years for the selection of the American presidential candidate. It covers three sets of conventions, culminating in the 1984 election.

Edition details

• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0871546027
• ISBN 13: 9780871546029
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 250