Overview

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.

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Author:   Paolo Mancini ,  David L. Swanson
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.614kg
ISBN:  

9780275951825

ISBN 10:   0275951820
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   30 May 1996
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Tables Series Foreword Politics, Media and Modern Democracy: Introduction by Paolo Mancini and David L. Swanson Campaign Innovations in Established Democracies with Stable Political Cultures Politics, Media and Modern Democracy: The United States by Dan Nimmo Modern Communications vs. Traditional Politics in Britain: Unstable Marriage of Convenience by Jay G. Blumler, Dennis Kavanagh, and T. J. Nossiter The Modernization of Swedish Campaigns: Individualization, Professionalization and Medialization by Kent Asp and Peter Esaiasson The ""Americanization"" of German Election Campaigns: Any Impact on the Voters? by Klaus Schoenbach Campaign Innovations in New and Restored Democracies Television, Campaigning and Elections in the Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia by Ellen Mickiewicz and Andrei Richter Television and Elections in Post-1989 Poland: How Powerful Is the Medium? by Karol Jakubowicz Political Communication and Electoral Campaigns in the Young Spanish Democracy by Juan I. Rospir Campaign Innovations in Democracies Facing Potentially Destabilizing Pressures American-Style Electioneering in Israel: Americanization versus Modernization by Dan Caspi Patterns and Effects of Recent Changes in Electoral Campaigning in Italy by Gianpietro Mazzoleni Secular Politics: The Modernization of Argentine Electioneering by Silvio R. Waisbord Politics, Media and Modern Democracy: The Case of Venezuela by José Antonio Mayobre Patterns of Modern Electoral Campaigning and Their Consequences by David L. Swanson and Paolo Mancini Selected Bibliography Index"

Reviews

This volume is an excellent example of comparative research in political communication which locates a rich diversity of national case studies within a coherent and challenging theoretical framework. The result is a most informative and thought-provoking volume which will appeal to all who are interested in the contemporary relationship between politics, communication and society and, indeed, in the future course of development of democratic politics. - Denis McQuail, Professor of Mass Communication University of Amsterdam

Author Information

DAVID L. SWANSON is Professor and Head of the Department of Speech Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author (with D. Nimmo) of New Directions in Political Communication (1990) and (with J. Delia) of The Nature of Human Communication (1976). PAOLO MANCINI is Professor of Sociology of Communication and Academic Director of the School of Broadcast Journalism at the Universita de Perugia in Italy./e He is the author of Videopolitica (1985), Come Vincere le Elezioni (1989), Guardando il Telegiornale (1991), and Il Giornalismo e le Sue Regole (1992).

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