The American Direct Primary: Party Institutionalization and Transformation in the North / Alan Ware

By:

Ware , Alan

Language: English Publication details: Cambridge Univ Pr 2002Description: 258p,; 22 cmISBN:

9780521814928

DDC classification:

324.2730154 WAR

Summary: This is the first major study of the origins of direct primary elections in the U.S. since the 1920s. It rejects the widely held view that primaries resulted from a conflict between anti-party reformers and so-called party "regulars." Instead, it shows that the direct primary was the result of an attempt, starting in the late 1880s, by mainstream party politicians to subject their previously informal procedures to formal rules. Politicians turned to the direct primary because it proved impossible to make effective changes to the caucus-convention system of nominating candidates.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Reference	Anna Centenary Library 3RD FLOOR, B WING	324.2730154 WAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	194846

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This is the first major study of the origins of direct primary elections in the U.S. since the 1920s. It rejects the widely held view that primaries resulted from a conflict between anti-party reformers and so-called party "regulars." Instead, it shows that the direct primary was the result of an attempt, starting in the late 1880s, by mainstream party politicians to subject their previously informal procedures to formal rules. Politicians turned to the direct primary because it proved impossible to make effective changes to the caucus-convention system of nominating candidates.

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