Politics, Media, and Modern Democracy

An International Study of Innovations in Electoral Campaigning and Their Consequences

Paolo Mancini author David L Swanson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:16th May '96

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This important new text brings together an outstanding group of international scholars to look at the current state of electoral politics around the world and the effect modern politics-the use of mass media, the personalization of campaigns, the use of public polls, and a general professionalization of campaigns-is having in various countries.

Contributors to this volume, from established democracies, new and restored democracies, and democracies facing destabilizing pressure, examine the extent to which electoral politics in their countries have been affected by the emergence of high-tech professional campaigns.This important new text brings together an outstanding group of international scholars to look at the current state of electoral politics around the world. Elements of the modern (or American) model of election campaigning have been adopted in many countries in recent years—including the use of mass media, the personalization of campaigns, use of public opinion polls, and a general professionalization of campaigns—and conditions would seem to favor the spread of that model. Contributors to this volume, from established democracies, new and restored democracies, and democracies facing destabilizing pressure, examine the extent to which electoral politics in their countries have been affected by the emergence of high-tech professional campaigns. Countries examined provide a cross-section of today's democracies, including the United States, Britain, Sweden, Germany, Russia, Poland, Spain, Israel, Italy, Argentina, and Venezuela. The work will be of interest to scholars and students alike in political communication, political parties and elections, and comparative politics.

ISBN: 9780275951832

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 454g

300 pages