Do Elections Matter?

by Benjamin Ginsberg, Alan Stone

Overview

This text provides an analysis of the variety of consequences that elections may have for the operation of American political institutions and the formulation and administration of policy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563244452
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/30/1995
Edition description:	3rd ed
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Authored by Ginsberg, Benjamin; Stone, Alan

Table of Contents

Part 1 Do Elections Matter?; Part 2 1 How Did The 1994 Election Matter?; Chapter 1_1 The 1994 National Elections, Benjamin Ginsberg; Chapter 1_2 The Question of Presidential Character, Chris Cookson, Ross Lence, Alan Stone; Chapter 1_3 The Decline and Ascent of Political Part Ies in Canada, Kenneth Woodside; Part 2a Public Policy and Elections; Chapter 2_1 Busted, Daniel Wirls; Chapter 2_2 The 1994 Explosion, Thomas Ferguson; Chapter 2_3 Issues, Elections, and Political Change, Timothy A. Byrnes; Chapter 2_4 The Importance of Elections in a Strong Congressional Party Era, Bruce I. Oppenheimer; Part 3 Ideology and Elections; Chapter 3_1 Candidate Appeals and the Meaning of Elections, Richard Joslyn; Chapter 3_2 Does Ideology Matter?, Kathleen Knight, Carolyn V. Lewis; Chapter 3_3 State Legislative Elections: Choices or Echoes?, John Frendreis, Alan R. Gitelson, Gregory Flemming, Anne Layzell; Chapter 3_4 Fresh Troops and Hardened Veterans, James L. Guth, John C. Green, Corwin E. Smidt, Lyman A. Kellstedt;

Editorial Reviews

Most of the essays were commissioned for the second edition and did not appear in the first (1986). They examine the connection between candidates' media approaches and the policies that they will likely implement, the role of ideology, electoral mobilization, elite domination, interest groups, the gender gap, and other issues before zeroing in on the 1988 election. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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