Americas Choice 2000: Entering A New Millenium; Author: Crotty, William; Paperback

Author: Crotty, William
Paperback
224 pages
Published: June 2001
The Perseus Books Group
ISBN: 0813367980

Elections are the single most critical event in democratic governance. They make democracy possible. The elections of 2000 will be among the most contentious and compelling of recent times.Who wins and why? What are the salient issues? Winning or losing strategies? What are politics of the races? What is the significance of the outcomes? In Entering a New Millenium, Crotty and the essayists provide eight original, authoritative accounts of what has taken place, and accessible analyses of the dynamics underlying the process. Essayists and their topics include: John Tierney on the political context, M. Margaret Conway on political participation in 2000, Crotty on the presidential primaries, Jerome Mileur on the presidential general election, John Jackson on the Congressional racesThe US presidential elections of 2000 have been among the most contentious and compelling. This volume is about these elections, from the White House to the State Houses. Who wins and why? What are the salient issues? Crotty and essayists provide eight accounts of what has taken place.