On the brink of the 2000 presidential election contest which may prove to be the most important for our country in more than 30 years, Michael L. Goldstein, a political science professor at Claremont College, has written a short, uncomplicated guide for students and citizens.Guide to the 2000 Presidential Election is the perfect resource for all who want to learn more about the grand process the nation follows every four years as voters collectively decide how, and by whom, they want to govern. This short, easy-to-understand volume is an excellent introduction to help-students and general library patrons understand the way Americans select the occupant of the highest office in the land. Written in straightforward-prose for nonexperts, this book has since the early 1980s helped voters and younger voters-to-be prepare for one of the most important events on the nation's political landscape.
Assuming little previous knowledge, Goldstein walks the reader through the context of the election, the preliminaries leading up to the nomination, the actual process of getting the nomination, the full campaign, and the essential issues the winner will confront in office. In the course of this book the author informs and educates about campaign financing, access to the ballot, the media's role, the use of advertising, and other controversial topics in the news.
Goldstein's book takes on special importance in this election period as the nation goes to the polls to fill an office without a sitting incumbent president for only the second time since 1968. The winner will lead the country into the new century and very likely set the tone of government for many years.
Teaching exercises areincluded to assist high school instructors and college professors in engaging students and helping them understand the election process. The volume also contains tables to allow students and other readers to look up past events and outcomes that help illuminate the 2000 contest.
- ISBN10 1568024851
- ISBN13 9781568024851
- Publish Date 1 October 1999
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 21 January 2011
- Publish Country US
- Publisher SAGE Publications Inc
- Imprint CQ Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- Language English