Bringing together a host of distinguished scholars, Michael Nelson's The Elections of 2016 reliably delivers chapters written specifically for this volume, offering readers historical perspective as well as a forward look at implications for the American political system.
Michael Nelson is Fulmer Professor of Political Science at Rhodes College and a senior fellow at the University of Virginia's Miller Center. A former editor of the Washington Monthly, his most recent books include Trump's First Year (2018); The Elections of 2016 (2018); The Evolving Presidency: Landmark Documents (2019); The American Presidency: Origins and Development (with Sidney M. Milkis, 2011); and Governing at Home: The White House and Domestic Policymaking (with Russell B. Riley, 2011). Nelson has contributed to numerous journals, including the Journal of Policy History, Journal of Politics, and Political Science Quarterly. He also has written multiple articles on subjects as varied as baseball, Frank Sinatra, and C. S. Lewis. More than fifty of his articles have been anthologized in works of political science, history, and English composition. His 2014 book, Resilient America: Electing Nixon, Channeling Dissent, and Dividing Government, won the American Political Science Association's Richard E. Neustadt Award for best book on the presidency published that year; and his 2006 book with John Lyman Mason, How the South Joined the Gambling Nation, won the Southern Political Science Association's V.O. Key Award.
Title: The Elections of 2016 (Elections of (Year))
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ISBN: 9781506378084
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Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
Publication Date: 2017-06-08
Number of Pages: 256
Weight: 0.3401 kg
The strength is the authors' ability to integrate political science research into readable essays that are accessible to undergraduates. Moreover, the articles-and the book-are brief, which is a virtue in an undergraduate class, and all the essays are quite good. I have assigned this book every year in my course on the presidency, and with good reason-it is consistently the best one available on this topic. -- Matthew Dickinson
Past editions of Mike Nelson's elections series have been excellent in the immediate aftermath of the presidential election. They effectively capture the events of the campaigns and the circumstances leading up to the campaigns. -- William Field
