On the Superiority of National Conventions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6397347 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aaron B Wildavsky, Aaron Wildavsky (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1962 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 307-319 |
| Publication date | 1962-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670500010470 |
| OpenAlex | W2149571259 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 7 |
The appraisal of national conventions as mechanisms for nominating presidents involves many problems of political theory. Who should be entrusted with the task of nomination? Can we reconcile the desirability of popular participation with the need for maintaining a strong party leadership? To what extent does the nominating convention contribute to the maintenance of the political system in which it is imbedded? Does the apparent lack of decorum in this high political body adversely affect the kinds of decisions it makes? What are the implications of increasing the visibility of convention nominations? Any attempt to deal with these and similar questions necessarily involves an admixture of normative and descriptive theory. Postulation of what ought to be can hardly be separated from consideration of the actual or likely consequences of alternative courses of action. The merits of existing party platforms, for example, cannot be fruitfully discussed apart from knowledge of the relevance of issues to voters. In this context, I propose to evaluate national conventions and the various proposals for altering or abolishing them in the light of the degree to which they meet widely shared goals for the American political system
Action (physics · Context (archaeology · Convention · Decorum · Economics · Law and economics · Management · Nomination · Normative · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Relevance (law · Sociology · Task (project management · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Political Systems and Governance
Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties
In Praise of Political Science
The Transformation of British Labour Party Policy Since 1945
The Revolution in the Presidential Nominating Convention
Issue Conflict and Consensus among Party Leaders and Followers
Decision-Making at the National Conventions
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1969 - 2021 (53) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |