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Special Elections: The Backdoor Entrance to Congress de Charles S. Bullock

Special Elections: The Backdoor Entrance to Congress

Autor Charles S. Bullock, Karen L. Owen
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 15 apr 2021

Aplicabilitatea practică a volumului Special Elections rezidă în capacitatea sa de a transforma un fenomen politic adesea ignorat — alegerile parțiale — într-un instrument predictiv pentru strategiile electorale naționale. Remarcăm modul în care Charles S. Bullock și Karen L. Owen demontează percepția conform căreia aceste scrutinuri sunt doar indicatori izolați ai popularității prezidențiale. În schimb, autorii demonstrează că ele funcționează ca laboratoare de testare pentru mesajele politice și mobilizarea votanților înaintea alegerilor generale. Notăm cu interes analiza riguroasă a celor 300 de scrutinuri speciale din Camera Reprezentanților, care oferă o bază empirică solidă pentru înțelegerea modului în care figurile politice de calibru, precum Lyndon Johnson sau Nancy Pelosi, și-au început carierele. Această lucrare completează perspectiva oferită de Elections to Open Seats in the U.S. House de Ronald Keith Gaddie, adăugând o dimensiune temporală extinsă de 75 de ani și un accent specific pe mecanismele „intrării prin ușa din spate” în legislativ, dincolo de simpla competiție pentru locuri vacante. În contextul operei lui Charles S. Bullock, volumul de față continuă preocuparea sa pentru transformările sistemice ale politicii americane, vizibilă și în The South and the Transformation of U.S. Politics. Dacă lucrările sale anterioare explorau evoluțiile regionale sau dreptul la vot, Special Elections se concentrează pe micro-dinamicile care pot altera echilibrul puterii la nivel federal, oferind o privire detaliată asupra modului în care barierele financiare reduse din aceste campanii facilitează accesul grupurilor subreprezentate în Congres.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780197540626
ISBN-10: 0197540627
Pagini: 228
Dimensiuni: 236 x 160 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States

De ce să citești această carte

Această monografie este esențială pentru cercetătorii în științe politice și consultanții electorali care doresc să înțeleagă dinamica scrutinurilor parțiale. Cititorul câștigă o viziune clară asupra modului în care alegerile speciale servesc drept barometru politic și teren de diversificare pentru Congres, oferind date concrete care pot anticipa rezultatele alegerilor generale. Este un studiu de referință despre rutele alternative de acces la puterea legislativă.

Despre autor

Charles S. Bullock este profesor de științe politice la Universitatea din Georgia și un specialist recunoscut în politica legislativă și comportamentul electoral din Statele Unite. Expertiza sa se concentrează pe transformările politice din Sudul american și pe impactul legislației asupra drepturilor de vot, teme explorate pe larg în lucrări precum The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights ACT. Prin contribuția sa la volumul Special Elections, Bullock își extinde analiza asupra mecanismelor de acces în Congres, consolidându-și reputația de observator atent al evoluțiilor structurale din sistemul politic american.

Descriere

Most members of Congress begin their careers through regularly scheduled elections, but terms may be cut short due to death, scandal, or different career opportunities. In these cases, special elections are held to fill vacancies. In fact, a number of prominent political figures, including Lyndon Johnson, Nancy Pelosi, and John Dingell, began their long and distinguished careers through special election to Congress. While the media often look to special elections as a way of measuring public sentiment on presidential performance, even though voter turnout tends to be significantly lower than in regular elections, these events have rarely attracted academic attention. Oftentimes, studies of these contests lead to generalizations about how a party should proceed if it hopes to wrest a seat away from the opposition in a special election.This book is the first large-scale scholarly treatment of special elections: both in terms of explaining what factors influence outcomes and in determining whether special elections are bellwethers for general elections. Charles S. Bullock, III and Karen L. Owen argue that special elections offer parties a testing ground for messaging and strategies for mobilizing voters in anticipation of general elections. Moreover, these elections provide opportunities for diversification of Congress as reduced commitment to resources for campaigning has led more women and candidates of color to compete in them--and win. Based on 75 years of data, the authors closely examine several competitive special elections during the first two years of the Trump era and quantitatively assess the almost 300 House special elections held since World War II.

Recenzii

Although nearly 300 special elections have been used to fill vacancies in the U.S. House during the past 75 years, surprisingly little scholarly attention has been devoted to the subject. Bullock and Owen remedy this oversight by analyzing all special elections since 1945, with particular emphasis on special elections occurring in 2017-18. This insightful new book fills a sizable gap in our understanding of congressional elections by evaluating the politics associated with using the 'backdoor' entrance to Congress.
To understand political change in the U.S., one of the best things to do is strip away the influence of incumbency and get out of the political calendar to see what happens between peak campaign season. In Special Elections, Bullock and Owen capture a distinct period of political disruption in the United States by looking through the ultimate open seat to describe the influences on — and predictive power of — special elections. Whether you are political chic or a data geek, this book is a must-read!
Special Elections is a welcome addition to the literature on congressional elections. It deftly blends a careful systematic analysis of all post-war special elections for the U.S. House with illuminating studies of recent cases. The result is an engaging and sometimes surprising account of these events and their relation to broader political trends.
Finally, two scholars have penned a book-length account of special elections to the U.S. Congress. Bullock and Owen tell us why these contests are important and meticulously document their occurrence since the end of World War II. As many scholars want to know, the authors provide an analysis of the extent to which these contests help us anticipate the dynamics to unfold in the next round of normally scheduled elections. And, given the historic disruption of the Trump Presidency, the authors emphasize what we can learn from the handful of special contests occurring before the 2018 midterms. Thanks to Bullock and Owen, American elections scholars will now have a more thorough and nuanced understanding of special elections and how significant these contests are.

Notă biografică

Charles S. Bullock, III, is Distinguished University Professor of Public and International Affairs, the Richard B. Russell Professor of Political Science, and Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Georgia. Bullock is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of more than 30 books and more than 250 articles and book chapters. Among his books are Redistricting: The Most Political Activity in America, Georgia's Three Governors Controversy, and The South and the Transformation of U.S. Politics. He is past president of the Southern Political Science Association. Karen L. Owen is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Thomas B. Murphy Center for Public Service at the University of West Georgia. She is a gender politics and American institutions scholar. Owen is also the author of Women Officeholders and the Role Models who Pioneered the Way as well as numerous articles on congressional elections, state legislativepartisanship, and women serving within local levels of government and trial courts.