Presidential Selection Theory and Development

Name: Presidential Selection Theory and Development
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ISBN: 9780691021881

ISBN-10: 0691021880

ISBN-13: 9780691021881

Edition: 1979

Authors: James W. Ceaser

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Examining the development of the process of presidential selection from the founding of the republic to the present day, James Ceaser contends that many of the major purposes of the selection system as it was formerly understood have been ignored by current reformers and modern scholars. In an attempt to reverse this trend, Professor Ceaser discusses the theories of selection offered by leading American statesmen from the Founders and Thomas Jefferson to Martin Van Buren and Woodrow Wilson. From these theories he identifies a set of criteria for a sound selection system that he then uses to analyze and evaluate the recent changes in the selection process. Five normative functions of a…

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List price: $79.00
Copyright year: 1979
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 6/21/1979
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 392
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.43" long x 0.92" tall
Weight: 1.298



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Founders



Presidential Selection in the Jeffersonian Era



Martin Van Buren and the Case for Electoral Restraint



Woodrow Wilson and the Origin of the Modern View of Presidential Selection



The Development of the Presidential Selection System in the Twentieth Century



Modern Party Reform


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index