http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/american-political-republican-convention-history/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Fri, 17 May 2013 12:26:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/american-political-republican-convention-history/#comment-296310 OUPblog » Blog Archive » Opposing narratives of success in politics Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:30:24 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=28162#comment-296310 [...] four years pundits and political commentators observe that conventions have become increasingly scripted affairs that lack the spontaneity of times past, but party conventions serve to present individual [...] [...] four years pundits and political commentators observe that conventions have become increasingly scripted affairs that lack the spontaneity of times past, but party conventions serve to present individual [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/american-political-republican-convention-history/#comment-291708 First Links — 8.29.12 » First Thoughts | A First Things Blog Thu, 06 Sep 2012 20:30:22 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=28162#comment-291708 [...] The Decline of the American Political Convention Geoffrey Kabaservice, Oxford University Press Blog [...] [...] The Decline of the American Political Convention Geoffrey Kabaservice, Oxford University Press Blog [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/american-political-republican-convention-history/#comment-290798 Weekend Reading « AC 2nd Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:54:23 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=28162#comment-290798 [...] • Historian-political columnist Geoffrey Kabaservice on the decline of the American political party convention. [...] [...] • Historian-political columnist Geoffrey Kabaservice on the decline of the American political party convention. [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/american-political-republican-convention-history/#comment-290130 OUPblog » Blog Archive » Presidential nominating conventions matter Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:30:44 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=28162#comment-290130 [...] years, the value of American presidential nominating conventions has been questioned. Unlike the unscripted days of old, the modern conventions are media events used to broadcast to the nation the merits of the [...] [...] years, the value of American presidential nominating conventions has been questioned. Unlike the unscripted days of old, the modern conventions are media events used to broadcast to the nation the merits of the [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/american-political-republican-convention-history/#comment-289769 Real Conventions In The Cyber Age « Digital Frontiers Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:46:11 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=28162#comment-289769 [...] around the selection of a presidential nominee and the construction of a national platform,” writes political historian Geoffrey Kabaservice. Since the mid-1800′s, conventions were working affairs, where [...] [...] around the selection of a presidential nominee and the construction of a national platform,” writes political historian Geoffrey Kabaservice. Since the mid-1800′s, conventions were working affairs, where [...]

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