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245 10 a| Reform and retrenchmenth| [electronic resource] :b| a century of efforts to fix primary elections /c| Robert G. Boatright.;

260 a| New York, NY :b| Oxford University Press,c| [2024];

300 a| xii, 326 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

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520 a| "This book explores changes in primary election laws from approximately 1928 through the 1970s. It evaluates four different arguments about how and why primary election laws changed: the decline of the Progressive movement; the rise of nonparty groups seeking a "hostile takeover" of the parties through primaries; defects in the primary laws themselves; and the rise of two-party competition in much of America following the Great Depression and, subsequently, the decline of Democratic dominance in the South. My exploration of these theories shows that the introduction of the direct primary created far more chaos in American elections than most scholars realize, as political parties party factions, and reform groups across the country jockeyed for advantage by making slight modifications to their states' primary laws. This history has implications for contemporary politics. Today there is widespread dissatisfaction with primary elections, and we are again in a period of experimentation with the primary. I end the book with a note of caution - most primary reforms have been relatively ineffective, 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. This book makes two major contributions to the literature on American elections. Although there are many books about the introduction of the direct primary, this is the first book to provide a detailed history of primary elections throughout the country following their implementation. I offer a newly created dataset of all primary law changes during the middle decades of the twentieth century, and I supplement these data with archival information on primaries taken from library collections across the country. Second, I show how study of these election reforms can help us understand contemporary reform efforts. I summarize all of the state-level reform efforts in the United States since 2000, and I document reasons why these reforms efforts are likely to yield minimal changes in the conduct of primaries. These two contributions should make this book a valuable resource for political scientists, historians, and anyone interested in understanding the history of election reform in America"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Reform and retrenchment a century of efforts to fix primary elections / Robert G. Boatright.

Author/creator	Boatright, Robert G.
Other author	Oxford University Press.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Description	xii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects	Primaries--United States. --History. --20th century. Election law--United States. --History. --20th century. Elections--United States. --History. --20th century. Political parties--United States. --History. --20th century. United States--Politics and government. --History. --20th century.

Abstract	"This book explores changes in primary election laws from approximately 1928 through the 1970s. It evaluates four different arguments about how and why primary election laws changed: the decline of the Progressive movement; the rise of nonparty groups seeking a "hostile takeover" of the parties through primaries; defects in the primary laws themselves; and the rise of two-party competition in much of America following the Great Depression and, subsequently, the decline of Democratic dominance in the South. My exploration of these theories shows that the introduction of the direct primary created far more chaos in American elections than most scholars realize, as political parties party factions, and reform groups across the country jockeyed for advantage by making slight modifications to their states' primary laws. This history has implications for contemporary politics. Today there is widespread dissatisfaction with primary elections, and we are again in a period of experimentation with the primary. I end the book with a note of caution - most primary reforms have been relatively ineffective, 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. This book makes two major contributions to the literature on American elections. Although there are many books about the introduction of the direct primary, this is the first book to provide a detailed history of primary elections throughout the country following their implementation. I offer a newly created dataset of all primary law changes during the middle decades of the twentieth century, and I supplement these data with archival information on primaries taken from library collections across the country. Second, I show how study of these election reforms can help us understand contemporary reform efforts. I summarize all of the state-level reform efforts in the United States since 2000, and I document reasons why these reforms efforts are likely to yield minimal changes in the conduct of primaries. These two contributions should make this book a valuable resource for political scientists, historians, and anyone interested in understanding the history of election reform in America"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2023049368
ISBN	9780197774083 (hardback)
ISBN	(epub)

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