Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 208
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Trim: 6½ x 9¼
978-0-7425-3496-4 • Hardback • March 2005 • $118.00 • (£91.00)
978-0-7425-3497-1 • Paperback • March 2005 • $38.00 • (£30.00)
James W. Ceaser is professor of politics at the University of Virginia. Andrew E. Busch is associate professor of government at Claremont McKenna College. Together, they have written The Perfect Tie: The True Story of the 2000 Election, Losing to Win: The 1996 Elections and American Politics, and Upside Down and Inside Out: The 1992 Elections and American Politics.
Chapter 1 The New Face Of American Politics
Chapter 2 The Bush Presidency
Chapter 3 The Democratic Nomination Contest
Chapter 4 The General Election Campaign
Chapter 5 Congressional and State Elections
Chapter 6 Electoral Reform and the Future of the Parties
Once again, Ceaser and Busch come through with a timely and clearly written analysis of the elections. To make sense of one of the U.S.'s most contentious campaigns, you need to read this book. I especially commend this volume to colleagues teaching American politics next Fall, when students will be grappling with the importance of Bush's reelection to the future of U.S. politicssss
— Mark J. Rozell, George Mason University, author; The New Politics of the Old South: An Introduction to Southern Politics, Sixth Edition
Red Over Blue is a fair, accurate, and insightful account of the 2004 election, and a worthy successor to the authors' previous books on 1996 and 2000. Ceaser and Busch are fast becoming the 'scholars of record' of presidential campaigns. An informative and thought-provoking book.
— John C. Green, University of Akron
This work, like its predecessors, is a crisp narrative that accessibly frames the major events and undercurrents of the 2004 primary and general elections in concepts drawn from the technical side of political science, such as realignment theory, base strategy vs. swing strategy, and partisan defection rates. The result, not quite scholarship and not quite journalism, is more substantian that Evan Thomas's Election 2004 and will be useful in both public and academic libraries.
— Library Journal
Highly recommended.
— Choice Reviews
Focuses on the 2004 presidential campaign, from primaries to aftermath.
— The Chronicle of Higher Education
Once again, Ceaser and Busch come through with a timely and clearly written analysis of the elections. To make sense of one of the U.S.'s most contentious campaigns, you need to read this book. I especially commend this volume to colleagues teaching American politics next Fall, when students will be grappling with the importance of Bush's reelection to the future of U.S. politics
— Mark J. Rozell, George Mason University, author; The New Politics of the Old South: An Introduction to Southern Politics, Sixth Edition
-Timely, engaging, and insightful, this is the first scholarly analysis of the 2004 election.
-Incorporates groundbreaking research of electoral politics and penetrating discussions of incumbent elections, independent candidates,party platforms, realignment theory, and campaign strategies.
-Includes coverage of important state and congressional races, as well as ballot initiatives.