Leadership Selection in Six Western Democracies - Davis, James W.
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A comparative survey which discusses how national leaders in six Western democracies, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States, are nominated for the highest office in their country. The combinations of methods each country utilizes to nominate their leaders are described. The text emphasizes that most national leaders have served a long apprenticeship in various public offices-sometimes having made several attempts-before actually being nominated to the nation's highest public office. Increasingly, the text shows that opinion polls, television, and professional…mehr

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A comparative survey which discusses how national leaders in six Western democracies, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States, are nominated for the highest office in their country. The combinations of methods each country utilizes to nominate their leaders are described. The text emphasizes that most national leaders have served a long apprenticeship in various public offices-sometimes having made several attempts-before actually being nominated to the nation's highest public office. Increasingly, the text shows that opinion polls, television, and professional campaign management are playing a greater role in the leadership selection process in all six countries. This book will be of interest to upper-level college and graduate students and faculty in comparative government, political parties, and public affairs and academic as well as public libraries.
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JAMES W. DAVIS is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Western Washington University. Davis has followed American presidents for more than 40 years as an observer and sometimes participant in the political process. In addition to the previous edition of The American Presidency (1987), he is the author of Presidential Primaries: Road to the White House, 2nd ed. (Greenwood, 1980), National Conventions in an Age of Party Reform (Greenwood, 1983) and