| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 321 pages) : illustrations. |
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New perspectives on the American presidency
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New perspectives on the American presidency.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Midterms and mandates, presidents and parties / Patrick Andelic, Mark McLay, Robert Mason -- 1. Presidents and midterm loss / Andrew Rudalevige -- 2. From election to re-election : The electoral politics of presidency and party, 1960-2012 / Sarah Tiplady -- 3. Accountability regimes, partisanship, and midterm mandates : Midterms in contemporary America / Nadia Hilliard -- 4. Swing time : The New Deal midterms of 1934 and 1938 / Iwan Morgan -- 5. The domestic politics of war : Franklin D. Roosevelt and the 1942 midterm elections / Andrew Johnstone -- 6. Midterm elections, the Republican party, and the challenge to New Deal liberalism, 1946-1958 / Robert Mason -- 7. "Peace need not be poison at the polls" : John F. Kennedy and the challenge of the right in the 1962 midterms / Mark Eastwood -- 8. War on poverty stalled, Nixon recalled : Republican revival and the 1966 midterm elections / Mark McLay -- 9. "The power of their votes" : Richard Nixon, the silent majority, and the 1970 midterm elections / Sarah Thelen -- 10. "Democrats dominate" : The Democratic party in Congress and the midterms of 1974 and 1978 / Patrick Andelic -- 11. The favourite son's favourites : Ronald Reagan and the presidential home state effect in the midterm elections / Richard Johnson -- 12. The 1986 midterms : The end of the Reagan revolution? / Joe Ryan-Hume. |
| Summary |
"Analyses how midterm elections have shaped the American presidency. Midterm elections have forced presidents to adjust course and have heralded the rise or fall of new party coalitions, yet they remain understudied in comparison to their presidential counterparts. This book offers a fresh perspective on the American presidency by analysing the significance of midterm elections in the United States. Midterms not only provide an important opportunity for voters to evaluate the record of a president so far, but also have consequences for an administration's pursuit of the president's agenda over the two years that follow. As the essays in this collection show, midterms modify in crucial ways the mandate that a president gained at the time of their election to the White House. The volume integrates contributions from political scientists and historians to create a truly multidisciplinary understanding of the interplay between midterm elections and the American presidency."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Biography |
Patrick Andelic is Senior Lecturer in American history at Northumbria University. Mark McLay is Lecturer in American History at the University of Glasgow. Robert Mason is professor of history at the University of Edinburgh. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Elections -- United States.
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United States -- Politics and government.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy |
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Elections |
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Politics and government |
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
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Politics & government. |
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Elections & referenda. |
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Political leaders & leadership. |
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Political structures: democracy. |
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Politics and Government. |
| Added Author |
Andelic, Patrick Kieron, 1987- editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjBG83KmXcrK6jFKPwRyv3
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McLay, Mark, editor.
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Mason, Robert, 1970- editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjKvyFRHxvmcy7dCHrDxwC
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Midterms and mandates. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022] 1474478182 (OCoLC)1298384206 |
| ISBN |
9781474478205 webready PDF |
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1474478204 webready PDF |
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9781474478212 epub |
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1474478212 epub |
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9781474478182 hardback |
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1474478182 hardback |
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