Heberlig / Leland / Swindell American Cities and the Politics of Party Conventions

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4384-6640-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Uncovers the politics involved when a city recruits and implements a presidential convention.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heberlig, Eric S.

Leland, Suzanne M.

Swindell, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Parteien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

1. Who Wants Circus Politicus?

2. Matchmaking: The Politics of Site Selection

3. Paying for Conventions

4. Unconventional Conventions: Protests, Hurricanes, and Other Logistical Nightmares

5. The Political Benefits of Political Conventions

6. Conventions as Economic Development: Do They Matter?

7. Generating Support for Mega-Events

Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Eric S. Heberlig is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and coauthor (with Bruce A. Larson) of Congressional Parties, Institutional Ambition, and the Financing of Majority Control. Suzanne M. Leland is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and coeditor (with Kurt Thurmaier) of City-County Consolidation: Promises Made, Promises Kept? David Swindell is the Director of the Center for Urban Innovation and Associate Professor in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University.