Cordial Concurrence: Orchestrating National Party Conventions in the Telepolitical Age

by Larry David Smith and Dan D. Nimmo

Book Overview

This volume is a study of the orchestration of cordial concurrence at the quadrennial nominating conventions of the two major political parties. The phrase cordial concurrence pertains to a party's endorsement of a candidate at the national convention whose nomination occurred elsewhere. Since the candidate is the product of primaries and caucuses, the convention's primary function involves not the nomination of the party standard-bearer, but the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275938646
• ISBN13: 9780275938642
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"