The best candidate : presidential nomination in polarized times / edited by Eugene D. Mazo, Rutgers University; Michael R. Dimino, Widener University .
Presidential selection : historical, institutional, and democratic perspectives / James A. Gardner -- The historical development of the U.S. presidential nomination process / Richard H. Pildes -- Constitutional Law and the presidential nomination process / Richard Briffault -- Winnowing and endorsing : separating the two distinct functions of party primaries / Edward B. Foley -- Simplying presidential primaries / Derek T. Muller -- The case for standardizing Primary Voter Eligibility Rules / R. Dimino -- Primary Day : why presidential nominees should be chosen on a single day / Eugene D. Mazo -- A eulogy for caucuses / Sean J. Wright -- Floor fight : protecting the national party conventions from manipulation / Michael T. Morley -- A better financing system? The death and possible rebirth of the presidential nomination public financing program / Richard Briffault -- Campaign finance deregulation and the hyperpolarization of presidential nominations in the Super PAC Era / Michael S. Kang -- Democratizing the Presidential Debates / Ann M. Ravel and Charlotte Hill -- The impact of technology on Presidential Primary Campaigns / Anthony J. Gaughan -- Women and the presidency / Cynthia Richie Terrell -- The nomination of presidential candidates by minor political parties / Richard Winger -- Reforming the U.S. presidential nominating process : a Curmudgeon's View / Bradley A. Smith.
Summary:
"It has been nearly two centuries since an American presidential election has evoked a crisis of confidence like that following the election of 2016. Not since the election of Andrew Jackson in 1828 has there been such a public display of anxiety concerning the methods by which we choose our chief executive. As in the contest of 1828 pitting the Democrat Jackson against his Federalist opponent John Quincy Adams, the presidential nominating process of 2016 produced a contest between a celebrity populist, widely seen as unqualified by experience or temperament, and a highly experienced and competent but deeply uninspiring political insider who had been anointed by establishment elites"-- Provided by publisher.
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