Electing the Senate: Indirect Democracy before the Seventeenth Amendment
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Electing the Senate: Indirect Democracy before the Seventeenth Amendment
By (Author) Wendy J. Schiller
By (author) Charles Stewart
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
3rd March 2015
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
328.7307109
Physical Properties
Hardback
256
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
510g
Description
From 1789 to 1913, U.S. senators were not directly elected by the people--instead the Constitution mandated that they be chosen by state legislators. This radically changed in 1913, when the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving the public a direct vote. Electing the Senate investigates the electoral connections among const
Reviews
"Schiller and Stewart develop a database of breathtaking proportions to provide insight into the politics of indirect election of senators, and the consequences of direct and indirect election on electoral responsiveness. Rather than a dusty account of a long-forgotten reform, this book has implications for understanding the modern Senate."--Choice
Author Bio
Wendy J. Schiller is associate professor of political science and public policy at Brown University. Charles Stewart III is the Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
