Chapter 1: The Place of Special Elections
Chapter 2: The Special Election Primary in Georgia's Sixth
Congressional District
Chapter 3: The 2017 Runoff in Georgia's Sixth Congressional
District
Chapter 4: Other Special Elections Held in the Wake of Trump's
Win
Chapter 5: Money, Money Everywhere but Did it Make Any
Difference?
Chapter 6: Do Special Elections Tell Anything about Upcoming
General Elections?
Chapter 7: Wrapping Up
Charles S. Bullock, III, is Distinguished University Professor of
Public and International Affairs, the Richard B. Russell Professor
of Political Science, and Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching
Professor at the University of Georgia. Bullock is the author,
co-author, editor, or co-editor of more than 30 books and more than
250 articles and book chapters. Among his books are Redistricting:
The Most Political Activity in America,
Georgia's Three Governors Controversy, and The South and the
Transformation of U.S. Politics. He is past president of the
Southern Political Science Association.
Karen L. Owen is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and
the Director of the Thomas B. Murphy Center for Public Service at
the University of West Georgia. She is a gender politics and
American institutions scholar. Owen is also the author of Women
Officeholders and the Role Models who Pioneered the Way as well as
numerous articles on congressional elections, state legislative
partisanship, and women serving within local levels of government
and trial courts.
"Although nearly 300 special elections have been used to fill
vacancies in the U.S. House during the past 75 years, surprisingly
little scholarly attention has been devoted to the subject. Bullock
and Owen remedy this oversight by analyzing all special elections
since 1945, with particular emphasis on special elections occurring
in 2017-18. This insightful new book fills a sizable gap in our
understanding of congressional elections by evaluating the
politics
associated with using the 'backdoor' entrance to Congress." --
Jamie L. Carson, University of Georgia, Athens
"To understand political change in the U.S., one of the best things
to do is strip away the influence of incumbency and get out of the
political calendar to see what happens between peak campaign
season. In Special Elections, Bullock and Owen capture a distinct
period of political disruption in the United States by looking
through the ultimate open seat to describe the influences on DL and
predictive power of DL special elections. Whether you are
political chic or a data geek, this book is a must-read!" -- Keith
Gaddie, coauthor of Democracy's Meanings: How the Public
Understands Democracy and Why It Matters
"Special Elections is a welcome addition to the literature on
congressional elections. It deftly blends a careful systematic
analysis of all post-war special elections for the U.S. House with
illuminating studies of recent cases. The result is an engaging and
sometimes surprising account of these events and their relation to
broader political trends." -- Gary C. Jacobson, University of
California, San Diego
"Finally, two scholars have penned a book-length account of special
elections to the U.S. Congress. Bullock and Owen tell us why these
contests are important and meticulously document their occurrence
since the end of World War II. As many scholars want to know, the
authors provide an analysis of the extent to which these contests
help us anticipate the dynamics to unfold in the next round of
normally scheduled elections. And, given the historic disruption
of
the Trump Presidency, the authors emphasize what we can learn from
the handful of special contests occurring before the 2018 midterms.
Thanks to Bullock and Owen, American elections scholars will
now
have a more thorough and nuanced understanding of special elections
and how significant these contests are." -- Seth C. McKee, Oklahoma
State University
|
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
