The New Presidential Elite

Author : Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1975-11-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781610446570

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The New Presidential Elite by Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Pdf

Explores the idea that a "new breed" of men and women are actively involved in the majority American political party, and that their motives, goals, ideals, and patterns of organizational behavior are different from those of the people who have dominated U.S. politics in the past. This book is based on interviews with 1,300 delegates to the 1972 Democratic and Republican National Conventions, and mail questionnaires completed by some 55 percent of the delegates. The author identifies women as one part of the new "presidential elite," and analyzes their social, cultural, psychological, and political characteristics. This study was funded jointly by Russell Sage Foundation and The Twentieth Century Fund.

Author : Peverill Squire
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000302639

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The Iowa Caucuses And The Presidential Nominating Process by Peverill Squire Pdf

This book aims to better explain the Iowa caucuses and presents updated versions of the papers presented at a Shambaugh conference, "First in the Nation: Iowa and the Nomination Process," held at the University of Iowa, February 7-8, 1988.

Author : Richard Brody
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1991-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804779876

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Assessing the President by Richard Brody Pdf

Do presidents inevitably lose support the longer they are in office? Does the public invariably rally behind presidents during international crises? What are the criteria by which the public forms its judgment about whether or not the president is doing a good job? And what is the role of daily news reporting and elite opinion in shaping the public's perception of the president's performance? This book addresses these questions and many others surrounding the dynamics of fluctuating public support for the president of the United States. Drawing its case material from the modern presidency from Kennedy through Reagan, with looks backward as far as Truman, this innovative work shows how the standing of the president with the American people has come to have a political life of its own. The author first examines two seemingly distinctive periods of opinion formation: the 'honeymoon' at the beginning of a presidential term and the 'rally' of presidential support that accompanies international crises. He then analyzes two previous explanations of public support - length of term in office and the state of the economy - and concludes that these explanations are, respectively, incorrect and incomplete. The author presents a model of information processing that ties public support to indications of policy success or failure brought to the attention of the public through daily news reporting by the media. The model is tested initially for the presidencies of Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford; it is then refined and tested further for the Carter and Reagan presidencies.

Author : Robert S. Hirschfield
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351476553

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The Power of the Presidency by Robert S. Hirschfield Pdf

The American presidency is the most powerful political office in the world. But this impressive statement serves only to raise a whole series of fundamental questions: What is the scope of presidential powers and what are its limits? Can the president use all the authority of his office or is that authority more formal than effective? Does the presidency have sufficient power to meet today's needs or do the problems of the modern age demand a more powerful executive? Is there a danger of dictatorship in the growth of political authority or will the presidency remain an office of constitutional democratic leadership?This book explores such questions by presenting a wide range of views on presidential power from a variety of sources: original supporters and opponents of the office; presidents themselves; Supreme Court decisions; and professional students of the presidency.

Author : Marjorie R. Hershey
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781483364735

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Guide to U.S. Political Parties by Marjorie R. Hershey Pdf

This one-volume reference presents the major conceptual approaches to the study of U.S. political parties and the national party system, describing the organization and behavior of U.S. political parties in thematic, narrative chapters that help undergraduate students better understand party origins, historical development, and current operations. Further, it provides researchers with in-depth analysis of important subtopics and connections to other aspects of politics. Key Features: Thematic, narrative chapters, organized into six major parts, provide the context, as well as in-depth analysis of the unique system of party politics in the United States. Top analysts of party politics provide insightful chapters that explore how and why the U.S. parties have changed over time, including major organizational transformations by the parties, behavioral changes among candidates and party activists, and attitudinal changes among their partisans in the electorate. The authors discuss the way the traditional concept of formal party organizations gave way over time to a candidate-centered model, fueled in part by changes in campaign finance, the rise of new communication technologies, and fragmentation of the electorate. This book is an ideal reference for students and researchers who want to develop a deeper understanding of the current challenges faced by citizens of republican government in the United States.

Author : John Higley,Michael G. Burton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0742553612

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Elite Foundations of Liberal Democracy by John Higley,Michael G. Burton Pdf

This compelling and convincing study, the capstone of decades of research, argues that political regimes are created and sustained by elites. Liberal democracies are no exception; they depend, above all, on the formation and persistence of consensually united elites. John Higley and Michael Burton explore the circumstances and ways in which such elites have formed in the modern world. They identify pressures that may cause a basic change in the structure and functioning of elites in established liberal democracies, and they ask if the elites cluster around George W. Bush are a harbinger of this change. The authors' powerful and important argument reframes our thinking about liberal democracy and questions optimistic assumptions about the prospects for its spread in the twenty-first century.

Author : Gerald M. Pomper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015020827559

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Passions and Interests by Gerald M. Pomper Pdf

Pomper examines both empirically and normatively, models of party as bureaucratic organization, governing caucus, cause advocate, ideological community, social movement, urban machine, rational office-seeking team, and personal faction. He evaluates the contributions of U.S. political parties to democratic values and presents a program to strengthen the parties as institutions of American democracy.

Author : Elisa Reis,Mick Moore
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848136564

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Elite Perceptions of Poverty and Inequality by Elisa Reis,Mick Moore Pdf

The researchers who have written this volume are clear not only that mass poverty is still the leading humanitarian crisis in developing countries, but that, if effective policies are to be put in place, the national elites who control governments and economies need to be convinced of both the reasons why reducing poverty is in their own and the national interest, and that public action can make a difference. Remarkably, in the rapidly growing literature on poverty, this volume is the first to use survey techniques to explore Third World elites' attitudes to poverty. Five cases - intended to be broadly representative of the diversity of situations in developing countries - were chosen: Brazil, South Africa, the Philippines, Bangladesh and Haiti. While the authors found major differences in how national elites understand and represent poverty, the classic threats that induced elites in late 19th Century Europe to be concerned with reducing poverty - the fear of crime, epidemics, military weakness or political unrest - do not feature prominently in the consciousness of most Third World elites. Nor do most of them believe that there is a viable solution to poverty through public action. The findings in this book throw light on one reason for the relative ineffectiveness of poverty reduction strategies hitherto, and the huge importance of presenting the problem of poverty in ways that fit more closely with the ways in which national elites understand their world.

Author : Stephen Nugent,Cris Shore
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2003-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134471201

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Elite Cultures by Stephen Nugent,Cris Shore Pdf

Drawing on a diverse, comparative ethnographic literature, this new volume examines the intimate spaces and cultural practices of those elites who occupy positions of power and authority across a variety of different settings. Using ethnographic case studies from a wide range of geographical areas, including Mexico, Peru, Amazonia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Europe, North America and Africa, the contributors explore the inner worlds of meaning and practice that define and sustain elite identities. They also provide insights into the cultural mechanisms that maintain elite status, and into the complex ways that elite groups relate to, and are embedded within, wider social and historical processes.

Author : Fredrik Engelstad,Trygve Gulbrandsen,Marte Mangset,Mari Teigen
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781838679156

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Elites and People by Fredrik Engelstad,Trygve Gulbrandsen,Marte Mangset,Mari Teigen Pdf

The present volume of Comparative Social Research offers a broad set of comparative studies of elites, stretching from the Arab Spring in Tunisia and Egypt to women's political leadership in Brazil and Germany, via attainment of elite positions among minorities in France and the US.

Author : Michael T. Rock,Soli Özel
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781003813347

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Elite Origins of Democracy and Development in the Muslim World by Michael T. Rock,Soli Özel Pdf

Using an elite consensus/conflict analytical frame, this book examines why some majority Muslim countries perform so much better at democracy and/or development than others, questioning received wisdoms that Islam, authoritarianism, and underdevelopment go together. Identifying four distinct democracy and development outcomes in the Muslim world, four case studies are interrogated to show that there is more variability in democracy and development outcomes in Muslim majority countries than macro-historical studies and aggregate data have shown. By demonstrating that democracy and development outcomes in Muslim countries are the consequence of elite conflict and elite consensus, rather than the precepts or institutions of Islam, the book places the competition for power among contending elites, rather than Islam, at the center of the story of democracy and development in the Muslim world. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of political development/development studies, democratization and autocratization studies, democracy promotion, and more broadly comparative politics.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780520415102

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Author : Joe Dixon
Publisher : Magus Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Dumbocalypse Now: The First Dunning Kruger President by Joe Dixon Pdf

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." - H. L. Mencken The Moronarchy is upon us. Welcome to the Dumbocalypse. The Dumbageddon Conspiracy has finally paid off. Freedumb and Dumbocracy have reached their logical conclusion. How did we get here? We can thank the Dunning-Kruger effect, the most powerful and disturbing force in the world today ... the force of human stupidity, the greatest destroyer and wrecker there has ever been. Come and explore the bizarre world of idiots, of the Confederacy of Dunces, of the Dunciad.

Author : Eitan Hersh
Publisher : Scribner
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781982116798

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Politics Is for Power by Eitan Hersh Pdf

A groundbreaking analysis of political hobbyism—treating politics like a spectator sport—and an urgent and timely call to arms for the many well-meaning, well-informed citizens who follow political news, but do not take political action. Do you consider yourself politically engaged? Probably, yes! But are you, really? The uncomfortable truth is that most of us have good intentions. We vote (sometimes) and occasionally sign a petition or attend a rally. But we mainly “engage” by consuming politics as if it’s entertainment or a hobby. We obsessively follow the news and complain about the opposition to our friends or spouse. We tweet and post and share. The hours we spend on politics are used mainly as pastime. Instead, political scientist and data analyst Eitan Hersh offers convincing evidence that we should be spending the same number of hours building political organizations, implementing a long-term vision for our local communities, and getting to know our neighbors, whose votes will be needed for solving hard problems. We could be accumulating power so that when there are opportunities to make a difference—to lobby, to advocate, to mobilize—we will be ready. Aided by cutting-edge social science as well as remarkable stories of ordinary citizens who got off their couches and took political power seriously, this book shows us how to channel our energy away from political hobbyism and toward empowering our values. In an age of political turmoil and as the 2020 election looms, Politics Is for Power is an inspiring, vital read that will make you hopeful for America’s democratic future.

Author : L. Sandy Maisel,Mark D. Brewer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442207707

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Parties and Elections in America by L. Sandy Maisel,Mark D. Brewer Pdf

Parties and Elections in America: The Electoral Process covers all elements of parties and the electoral process, including local, state, and national party organizations; American party history and party systems; state and local nominations; state and local elections; presidential nominations; and presidential elections. Separate chapters are devoted to the important subjects of the media in the electoral process and campaign finance. The role of political parties in representative democracy—and their contributions to it—are examined critically. The sixth edition incorporates the results of the 2010 midterm elections.