What are campaigns for? : the role of persuasion in electoral law and politics /

The author explores the contemporary American ideal of democratic citizenship in election campaigns by tracing it to its historical sources, documenting its thorough infiltration of legal norms, evaluating its feasibility in light of the findings of empirical social science, and testing it against t...

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Main Author: Gardner, James A., 1959-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2009.
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Summary:The author explores the contemporary American ideal of democratic citizenship in election campaigns by tracing it to its historical sources, documenting its thorough infiltration of legal norms, evaluating its feasibility in light of the findings of empirical social science, and testing it against the needs of democratic theory.
Item Description:Title from OSO Table of contents page (last view March 10, 2010).
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 219 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780195392616
0195392612
9780199855438
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9786612731228
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