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Examining the development of the process of presidential selection, this book contends that many of the major purposes of the selection system as it was formerly understood have been ignored by reformers and modern scholars. It identifies a set of criteria for a selection system and analyzes and evaluates the changes in the selection process.
Presidents --- Political science --- Présidents --- Science politique --- Election --- History --- Nomination --- Histoire --- Investiture --- History. --- Présidents --- Jefferson, Thomas --- Van Buren, Martin --- Wilson, Woodrow Thomas --- United States --- Wilson, Woodrow Thomas, 1856-1924 --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General. --- Presidency --- Heads of state --- Executive power --- Presidents - United States - Election - History --- Presidents - United States - Nomination - History --- Political science - United States - History --- Banfield, Edward. --- Burnham, Walter Dean. --- Edelman, Murray. --- Founders. --- Hamilton, Alexander. --- Hess, Stephen. --- Hofstadter, Richard. --- Jefferson, Thomas. --- Keech, William. --- Lafollette, Robert. --- Madison, James. --- Nie, Norman. --- Ostrogorski, Moise. --- Petrocik, John. --- Polsby, Nelson. --- Ranney, Austin. --- Sindler, Allan. --- Sundquist, James. --- The Federalist. --- Verba, Sidney. --- Washington, George. --- Wildavsky, Aaron. --- amateurs. --- caucus system. --- demagoguery. --- mixed nominating system. --- third parties.
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Why did the wave of democracy that swept the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe starting more than a decade ago develop in ways unexpected by observers who relied on existing theories of democracy? In Postcommunism and the Theory of Democracy, four distinguished scholars conduct the first major assessment of democratization theory in light of the experience of postcommunist states. Richard Anderson, Steven Fish, Stephen Hanson, and Philip Roeder not only apply theory to practice, but using a wealth of empirical evidence, draw together the elements of existing theory into new syntheses. The authors each highlight a development in postcommunist societies that reveals an anomaly or lacuna in existing theory. They explain why authoritarian leaders abandon authoritarianism, why democratization sometimes reverses course, how subjects become citizens by beginning to take sides in politics, how rulers become politicians by beginning to seek popular support, and not least, how democracy becomes consolidated. Rather than converging on a single approach, each author shows how either a rationalist, institutionalist, discursive, or Weberian approach sheds light on this transformation. They conclude that the experience of postcommunist democracy demands a rethinking of existing theory. To that end, they offer rich new insights to scholars, advanced students, policymakers, and anyone interested in postcommunist states or in comparative democratization.
Post-communism --- Democracy --- Eastern Europe. --- Akaev, Askar. --- Aliev, Geidar. --- Atatürk, Kemal. --- Belarus: autocracy in. --- Berisha, Sali. --- Bova, Russell. --- Bruckner, Scott. --- Burbulis, Gennadi. --- Chernomyrdin, Viktor. --- Constantinescu, Emil. --- Czechoslovakia: parliamentarism of. --- Diamond, Larry. --- Eckstein, Harry. --- Edelman, Murray. --- Estonia, selectorate in postcommunist. --- Fish, M. Steven. --- Fox, Vicente. --- Fukuyama, Francis. --- Geis, Michael. --- Goncz, Arpad. --- Gunther, Richard. --- Henry, Patrick. --- Higley, John. --- Ivengar, Shanto. --- Jasray, Puntsagiyn. --- Karimov, Islam. --- Kebich, Vyacheslau. --- Kravchuk, Leonid. --- Kuchma, Leonid. --- Landsbergis, Vytautas. --- Lipset, Seymour Martin. --- Luong, Pauline Jones. --- Meciar, Vladimir. --- Mokrzycki, Edmund. --- Nabiev, Rakhmon. --- Nehru, Jawaharlal. --- Ochirbat, Punsalmaagiyn. --- Ordeshook, Peter. --- Pakulski, Jan. --- Petrocik, John. --- Przeworski, Adam. --- Rowen, Henry S. --- Sartori, Giovanni. --- Shevardnadze, Eduard. --- Snegur, Mercea. --- Stinchcombe, Arthur. --- Ter Petrosian, Levon. --- Tilly, Charles. --- Van Dijk, Teun. --- individualism. --- individuality. --- polyarchy.
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