Electing our masters : the hustings in British politics from Hogarth to Blair /

An engaging history of electioneering in Britain from the eighteenth century to the present, highlighting how the television age has altered the interaction of politicians and public and asking what the media must now do to reinvigorate public politics. - ;In this engagingly written history of elect...

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Main Author: Lawrence, Jon, 1961-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:An engaging history of electioneering in Britain from the eighteenth century to the present, highlighting how the television age has altered the interaction of politicians and public and asking what the media must now do to reinvigorate public politics. - ;In this engagingly written history of electioneering in Britain from the eighteenth century to the present, Jon Lawrence explores the changing relationship between politicians and public. Throughout this period, he argues, British politics has been characterized by bruising public rituals intended to bestow legitimacy on politicians by oblig.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 328 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-314) and index.
ISBN:9780191567766
0191567760
9786612235061
6612235063
1282235060
9781282235069