No Way to Pick A President

How Money and Hired Guns Have Debased American Elections
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-415-93031-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 466 g

As the United States marks its first presidential election of a new century, Witcover shows us how professional mercenaries -- with little party loyalty and diminished political principles, driven by an insatiable need for money -- are poisoning public life. At the same time, politicians themselves have condoned and even encouraged these developments, responding to the demands of a media-driven age in which the press corps pursues its own quest for celebrity and financial reward.

Sharp, revealing, and rich with anecdotes, No Way to Pick a President offers a wealth of presidential history, from the role of the vice president's office to campaign funds, television and the electoral college.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Witcover, Jules

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Führung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Then and Now 1. Me for President 2. The Era of the Hired Gun 3. Television Raises the States 4. Main Street to Madison Avenue 5. Sour Mother's Milk 6. Anything Goes 7. The 800-Pound Gorilla 8. Watchdogs and Laptops 9. A Process Gone Berzerk 10. Coronations, Not Conventions 11. Rolling the Dice 12. The Grand Facade 13. Moments of Truth 14. An Accident Waiting to Happen 15. Whither the Parties? 16. Time for an overhaul Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jules Witcover, a nationally syndicated columnist for The Baltimore Sun, has been covering Washington politics for almost half a century. He is the author of ten books, including the best-seller Marathon, about the 1976 Carter/Ford race. He is also the co-author of four works with Jack Germond.