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• catalog abstract ""This book rejects conventional accounts of how, and why, American political parties differ form those in other democracies. It focuses on the introduction of that most distinctive of American party devices, the direct primary, and argues that primaries resulted from a process of party institutionalization initiated by party elites. Thus, it overturns the widely accepted view that, between 1902 and 1915, direct primaries were imposed on the parties by antiparty reformers intent on weakening them. An examination of particular northern states shows that often the direct primary was not controversial, and only occasionally did it involve confrontation between party "regulars" and their opponents. Rather, the impetus for direct nominations initially came from attempts within the parties to subject previously informal procedures to formal rules. However, it proved impossible to reform the older caucus-convention system effectively, and party elites then turned to the direct primary - a device that already had become more common in rural counties in the late nineteenth century."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b12645887.
• catalog coverage "United States Politics and government.".
• catalog created "2002.".
• catalog date "2002".
• catalog date "2002.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
• catalog description ""This book rejects conventional accounts of how, and why, American political parties differ form those in other democracies. It focuses on the introduction of that most distinctive of American party devices, the direct primary, and argues that primaries resulted from a process of party institutionalization initiated by party elites. Thus, it overturns the widely accepted view that, between 1902 and 1915, direct primaries were imposed on the parties by antiparty reformers intent on weakening them. An examination of particular northern states shows that often the direct primary was not controversial, and only occasionally did it involve confrontation between party "regulars" and their opponents.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Part I. How the direct primary arose: -- Catalytic effect of ballot reform -- Legal control of party activity -- Spread of direct nominations -- Part II. Why the direct primary was introduced: -- Reformers versus urban machines -- Impact of party competition -- Explaining an 'irrational' reform -- Reaction and aftermath.".
• catalog description "Rather, the impetus for direct nominations initially came from attempts within the parties to subject previously informal procedures to formal rules. However, it proved impossible to reform the older caucus-convention system effectively, and party elites then turned to the direct primary - a device that already had become more common in rural counties in the late nineteenth century."--Jacket.".
• catalog extent "xv, 270 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0521814928 (hbk. : alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "2002".
• catalog issued "2002.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
• catalog spatial "United States Politics and government.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "324.273/0154 21".
• catalog subject "JK2071 .W37 2002".
• catalog subject "Political parties United States History.".
• catalog subject "Primaries United States History.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Part I. How the direct primary arose: -- Catalytic effect of ballot reform -- Legal control of party activity -- Spread of direct nominations -- Part II. Why the direct primary was introduced: -- Reformers versus urban machines -- Impact of party competition -- Explaining an 'irrational' reform -- Reaction and aftermath.".
• catalog title "The American direct primary : party institutionalization and transformation in the North / Alan Ware.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".