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245 04 $aThe Elections of 1984 /$cMichael Nelson, editor.
260 0 $aWashington, D.C. :$bCQ Press,$cc1985.
300 $axiv, 318 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographies and index.
505 0 $aA Critical Realignment? The New Politics, the Reconstituted Right, and the Election of 1984 / Benjamin Ginsberg and Martin Shefter. The collapse of America's postwar regime -- Building a new political order -- Electoral strategies: the new politics movement -- Electoral strategies: the reconstituted right -- A critical realignment?. The Nomination Process: Vicissitudes of Candidate Selection / Gary R. Orren. A season of surprises -- Short-term forces and the nomination process -- Long-term forces and the nomination process -- The Democratic convention -- The Republicans in 1984 -- Conclusion. The Election: Candidates, Strategies, and Decisions / Paul C. Light and Celinda Lake. The strategic climate -- Candidates and strategies -- The campaign -- Decision -- Conclusion. The Media Campaign: Struggle for the Agenda / Thomas E. Patterson and Richard Davis. News versus politics -- A concluding note: disorganized politics. Foreign Policy: Dominance and Decisiveness in Presidential Elections / Stephen Hess and Michael Nelson. Foreign policy dominance in presidential campaigns -- Foreign policy decisiveness in presidential elections -- The election of 1984. The Economy: Economists, Electoral Politics, and Reagan Economics / Paul J. Quirk. Presidents, voters, and economists -- Electoral politics and Reagan economics -- Reagan economics and the 1984 presidential campaign.
505 0 $aDemocracy and economic policy. The Presidency: Reagan and the Cycle of Politics and Policy / Erwin C. Hargrove and Michael Nelson. Cycles of politics and policy -- Ford, Carter, Reagan, and the cycle -- Prospects for Reagan's second term -- Conclusion. Congress: Politics After a Landslide Without Coattails / Gary C. Jacobson. A landslide without coattails -- The national campaigns -- Senate results -- Interpreting the election -- Prospects for the 99th Congress -- 1986 and Beyond. The Courts: 40 More Years? / Robert H. Birkby. The court and the campaign -- The court and the president -- Supreme Court appointments -- Lower court appointments -- The solicitor general. Implications: What Americans Wanted / Nicholas Lemann. Constituencies -- Technique -- Policy -- Conclusion. An Aligning Election, A Presidential Plebiscite / Theodore J. Lowi. The campaign: a four-year stretch -- Out of the polling booth, into the polling agency -- Search for meaning: What was decided? -- The legacy of Ronald Reagan: R.I.P.
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710 2 $aCongressional Quarterly, inc.
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