The Constitution on the Campaign Trail. The Surprising Political Career of America's Founding Document.
Andrew E. Busch
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Paperback. The Constitution is the fundamental governing document of the United States. But to what extent do candidates and parties make constitutional arguments in the course of American elections? By examining party platforms, candidate messages, presidential debates, and television ads, this book answers that question. Num Pages: 331 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
The Constitution is the fundamental governing document of the United States. But to what extent do candidates and parties make constitutional arguments in the course of American elections? By examining party platforms, candidate messages, presidential debates, and television ads, The Constitution on the Campaign Trail answers four main questions: How often does constitutional rhetoric appear in campaigns? How much of it is explicit and how much implicit? What constitutional topics receive the most attention? And how often do the electoral competitors engage in an actual constitutional dialogue? The Constitution on the Campaign Trail finds evidence for a long, ... Read more
The Constitution is the fundamental governing document of the United States. But to what extent do candidates and parties make constitutional arguments in the course of American elections? By examining party platforms, candidate messages, presidential debates, and television ads, The Constitution on the Campaign Trail answers four main questions: How often does constitutional rhetoric appear in campaigns? How much of it is explicit and how much implicit? What constitutional topics receive the most attention? And how often do the electoral competitors engage in an actual constitutional dialogue? The Constitution on the Campaign Trail finds evidence for a long, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
Number of Pages
331
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742559011
SKU
V9780742559011
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About Andrew E. Busch
Andrew E. Busch is professor of government at Claremont McKenna College. He is the author of Reagan's Victory: The Presidential Election of 1980 and the Rise of the Right and coauthor (with James Ceaser) of Red Over Blue: The Election of 2004 and American Politics.
Reviews for The Constitution on the Campaign Trail. The Surprising Political Career of America's Founding Document.
He has invested a prodigious amount of work in measuring and coding constitutional references that should prompt and support further thinking and research on this important topic. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.
CHOICE, Vol. 45 No. 6 (February 2008)
Andrew Busch provides a fascinating tale of the vagaries of constitutional argument in a campaign context, and ... Read more
CHOICE, Vol. 45 No. 6 (February 2008)
Andrew Busch provides a fascinating tale of the vagaries of constitutional argument in a campaign context, and ... Read more