Upside Down and Inside Out: The 1992 Elections and American Politics [Paperback]

James Ceaser (Author), Andrew Busch (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0822630230 | ISBN-13: 978-0822630234 | Publication Date: March 19, 1993

'...this volume is a welcome addition to the growing body of literature on presidential elections. The authors' analysis of the 1992 contest is excellently done.'-CHOICE

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. . . a thorough, cogent, and perceptive analysis that separates emerging myth from reality. (Corrado, Anthony )

Something genuinely new happened in the 1992 campaign. These authors get it. Most politicians and journalists don't. They'd better read this book so they can get it, too. (Schneider, William )

A lively and insightful analysis of the extraordinary political events of 1992. (Reichley, A James )

. . . a perceptive, highly readable account. . . . [a] stimulating,d well-informed book. (Bruce Buchanan )

. . . a superb, penetrating account . . . a well-crafted, carefully developed study by two thoughtful political analysts. (Everett C. Ladd )

. . . a welcome addition to the growing body of literature on presidential elections. The authors' analysis of the 1992 contest is excellently done. Highly recommended. Thoroughly documented. (Choice )

About the Author

James Ceaser, professor of political science at the University of Virginia, is the author of Presidential Selection: Theory and Development (Princeton University Press) and Proportional Representation in Presidential Nomination Politics (University Press of Virginia).

Andrew Busch is assistant professor of political science at the University of Denver.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (March 19, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0822630230
• ISBN-13: 978-0822630234
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #855,817 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amusing, insightful look at the 1992 Presidential election., February 27, 1998

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This review is from: Upside Down and Inside Out: The 1992 Elections and American Politics (Paperback)

This book does more than offer a funny, learned, and well paced analysis of the 1992 Presidential election, it does so while at the same time offering an interesting theory about political conflict in America. For Busch and Ceaser, the basic conflict which has defined american political life is one between "insiders and outsiders'. Clinton got elected in large measure because he was an "insider' who was able to sell himself as an "outsider' to a public distrustful of the inside washington establishment of which George Bush was so paradigmatic a representative. Perot , on the other hand , was far TOO outside, to put it mildly. In short, a book which I would reccomend to all students of American Politics, and one which might be useful in an introductory college course.