Campaigns and elections : issues, concepts, cases /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Watson, Robert P., 1962-, Campbell, Colton C., 1965-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • Inside the war room: political consultants in modern campaigns / David A. Dulio
  • Campaign pollsters and polling: manipulating the voter or taking the electorate's pulse? / Stephen K. Medvic
  • The technological evolution of campaigns: a look at new and emerging practices / Joshua M. Whitman and Joseph W. Perkins Jr.
  • Case: Incumbency and issue advocacy in Pennsylvania's Thirteenth District / Robin Kolodny and Sandra L. SurÌ€ez
  • Case: Violating the "appearance standard": a local campaign controversy / Edward M. Yager Jr.
  • Partisan politics in a nonpartisan society / Nicol C. Rae
  • Reforming the reforms: campaign finance and Congress / Victoria S. Farrar-Myers
  • Democratic survival in the Republican South / Matthew Corrigan
  • Case: the contested vote for Mississippi governor / Donna Simmons
  • Case: two views of the Florida controversy ; View 1. What happened in Florida on November 7, 2000? / Jane Carroll ; View 2. Election 2000: a League of Women Voters' perspective / Joan Karp
  • Women's underrepresentation in elective office / Gary G. Aguilar
  • Minority voters and candidates: tracking trends / David L. Leal
  • Covering candidates and informing voters: newspaper coverage of a gubernatorial election / Stephen J. Stambough and Valerie R. O'Regan
  • Case: the maverick campaign and election of Jesse Ventura / Steven C. Wagner and Stephen I. Frank
  • Case: showdown in the empire state: Clinton versus Lazio / Jeffrey Kraus
  • The Congressional elections of 2000: tradition meets competition in the new age / Robert Dewhirst and Ronald Keith Gaddie
  • The significance of the 2000 presidential election: institutional impact and possible reforms / Anthony J. Eksterowicz.