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Presidential Selection : Theory and Development / James W. Ceaser.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©1979Description: 1 online resource (392 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780691215907
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 329/.00973 22
LOC classification:
  • JK524 .C4 1979eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. The Founders -- II. Presidential Selection in the Jeffersonian Era -- III. Martin Van Buren and the Case for Electoral Restraint -- IV. Woodrow Wilson and the Origin of the Modern View of Presidential Selection -- V. The Development of the Presidential Selection System in the Twentieth Century -- VI. Modern Party Reform -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary: 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 presidential selection system comprise the author's criteria: it should minimize the harmful effects of ambitious contenders for the office, promote responsible executive leadership and power, help secure an able president, ensure a legitimate accession, and provide for an appropriate amount of choice and change. Professor Ceaser finds that the present system is characterized by weak parties and candidate-centered campaigns that lead to the problems of "image" politics and demagogic leadership appeals. He therefore argues for a more republican selection system in which political parties would be strengthened to serve as a restraining force on popular authority, public opinion, and individual aspirations for executive power.
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Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. The Founders -- II. Presidential Selection in the Jeffersonian Era -- III. Martin Van Buren and the Case for Electoral Restraint -- IV. Woodrow Wilson and the Origin of the Modern View of Presidential Selection -- V. The Development of the Presidential Selection System in the Twentieth Century -- VI. Modern Party Reform -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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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 presidential selection system comprise the author's criteria: it should minimize the harmful effects of ambitious contenders for the office, promote responsible executive leadership and power, help secure an able president, ensure a legitimate accession, and provide for an appropriate amount of choice and change. Professor Ceaser finds that the present system is characterized by weak parties and candidate-centered campaigns that lead to the problems of "image" politics and demagogic leadership appeals. He therefore argues for a more republican selection system in which political parties would be strengthened to serve as a restraining force on popular authority, public opinion, and individual aspirations for executive power.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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