Preface
Introduction
The good old days? When parties controlled nominations and primaries were to be avoided at all costs
Sequence as strategy : how Jimmy Carter "got it" and taught subsequent presidential candidates the new rules of the road
The fight to be first : why Iowa and New Hampshire dominate presidential nominating politics
Proportional representation : why Democrats use it and Republicans don't
Devil in the details : how the delegate count shapes modern nominating campaigns
Do conventions matter any more? Superdelegates, the robot rule, and the modern nominating convention
The problem of "the decider"
Notes
Index.
Primary politics : how presidential candidates have shaped the modern nominating system by Elaine Ciulla Kamarck. ISBN 9780815702924. Published by Brookings Institution Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.