The Modern American Vice Presidency : : The Transformation of a Political Institution / / Joel Kramer Goldstein.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Goldstein, Joel Kramer,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1982
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 700
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (424 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables --; Acknowledgments --; Chapter 1: The Scope of the Problem --; Chapter 2: The Changing Political Context --; Chapter 3: The Selection Process --; Chapter 4: Campaign Roles --; Chapter 5: An Elected Official? --; Chapter 6: The Transformation of the Vice Presidency --; Chapter 7: Institutional Roles --; Chapter 8: Political Roles --; Chapter 9: The Vice President as Successor --; Chapter 10: Filling Vice-Presidential Vacancies --; Chapter 11: Springboard To The Presidency --; Chapter 12: Evaluating Reform Proposals --; Chapter 13: The Vice Presidency In Perspective --; Appendix: Characteristics of Prospective Vice-Presidential Candidates, 1952-1980 --; Abbreviations --; Notes --; Selected Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400855223; 9783110413441; 9783110413519; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400855223
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Joel Kramer Goldstein.

Dealing with the vice presidency since 1953, this book recommends Walter Mondale's vice presidency as a model for future occupants of the office. The author considers the selection, campaign roles, and electoral impact of vice-presidential candidates.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.