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Papers presented at the Third Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Symposium on American Politics held at Boston College in Oct. 1985; organized by the Boston College, Political Science Dept.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Sending them a message, getting a reply : presidential elections and democratic accountability / Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba -- Elections as democratic institutions / Walter Dean Burnham -- Party reform, nominating processes, and democratic ends / William Crotty -- Farewell to reform, almost / Austin Ranney -- Kind pictures and harsh words : how television presents the candidates / Doris A. Graber -- News media myths and realities : what the network news did and didn't do in the 1984 general campaign / Michael J. Robinson.

First published in 1987, Elections in America focuses upon different substantive aspects of elections in America. The essays in the volume orient themselves differentially with respect to these alternative perspectives on the role of elections in democratic governance. Although varied in substantive focus, methodological approach, and theoretical orientation, these essays critically examine what we think we know about elections in America and bring together both past and present to bear on the investigation of the continuing evolution of the role played by elections in American democracy. Divided into five parts--the elections as a democratic institution; party reform and the nomination process; the electronic campaign; money and politics; and the 1984 elections, this book is a must read for students and researchers of political science, particularly of American politics.

Kay Lehman Schlozman serves as J. Joseph Moakley Endowed Professor of Political Science at Boston College. The winner of the American Political Science Association's 2004 Rowman and Littlefield Award for Innovative Teaching in Political Science, she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in American politics. She is the winner of the APSA's 2006 Frank Goodnow Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession of Political Science; the 2016 Samuel Eldersveld Career Achievement Award; and the American Political Science Association's 2018 Warren E. Miller Lifetime Achievement Award, which honors an outstanding career of intellectual accomplishment and service to the profession in the field of elections, public opinion, and voting behavior.

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