Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction and rules of the game -- An introduction to presidential nominations -- An evolving nomination process -- Mechanics of the game -- Party stakeholders : the insider game -- The changing money game -- Mass- and micro- media campaigns -- Competition in post-reform presidential nominations -- Collusion or competition during the invisible primary -- Why some nominations are decided before and some during the primaries -- Political party unity : long- and short-term variations -- Candidates : opportunism, competition, and change -- Before, during, and after the primaries.
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