Who Runs for Congress?: Ambition, Context, and Candidate Emergence - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0871879840 ISBN 13: 9780871879844

Publisher: Congressional Quarterly, 1994

Synopsis

WHO RUNS FOR CONGRESS? AMBITION, CONTEXT, and CANDIDATE EMERGENCE by THOMAS a. KAZEE, Editor- uses case studies to explain which potential candidates actually make the race for a congressional seat. · The authors of this collection of essays studied nine congressional districts during the 1991-1992 election cycle to understand more fully why some people run for Congress and why others-often equally qualified-opt to stay on the sidelines. The case studies are based on the premise that the best way to understand politics in America is to talk to the people-the politicians and political activists-who are at its heart. How important is winning a seat in Congress? What price is an aspiring legislator willing to pay? "Who runs for Congress?" examines the variables that influence candidate emergence such as incumbency, gender, redistricting, and cost. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: · THOMAS A. KAZEE is professor of political science and chair of the Department of Political Science at Davidson College. He received his PH.D. from Ohio State University and served as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow (1987-1988). He is the author of various articles on the emergence of congressional candidates, public opinion, and state elections.

About this edition

• Publisher: Congressional Quarterly
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0871879840
• ISBN 13: 9780871879844
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 209
• Editor: Kazee Thomas A.