
Reform and Retrenchment A Century of Efforts to Fix Primary Elections
A Century of Efforts to Fix Primary Elections
Hardcover | 29 August 2024
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Exploring changes in American primary election laws from the 1920s to the 1970s, Robert G. Boatright argues in Reform and Retrenchment that the introduction of the direct primary created far more chaos in American elections than most scholars realize. As he shows, political parties, factions, and reform groups manipulated primary election laws in order to gain an advantage over their opponents, often under the guise of enhancing democracy. Today there is widespread dissatisfaction with primaries, and we are again in a period of experimentation. Boatright looks at how this history can help us understand the reform ideas before us today, ultimately suggesting that, for all of its flaws, there is likely little that can be done to improve primaries, and those who would seek to change American politics are best off exploring reforms to other areas of elections and governance.
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ISBN: 9780197774083
ISBN-10: 0197774083
Published: 29th August 2024
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 336
Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publisher: Oxford University Press USA
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 24.3 x 16.5 x 2.7
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