For Better or Worse?: How Political Consultants Are Changing Elections in the United States - Softcover

Dulio, David A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791460444 ISBN 13: 9780791460443

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2004

Synopsis

Investigates the effects of political consultants on American democracy.

For Better or Worse? offers a fresh look at how professional campaign consultants have both positive and negative effects on democracy in the United States. Questioning much of the prevailing conventional wisdom, David A. Dulio employs a unique set of data that empirically examines consultants’ own attitudes and beliefs to evaluate where they stand in modern democratic elections. Furthermore, he explores their relationships with candidates, voters, political parties, and the media, revealing that political consultants play an integral role in U.S. elections.

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From the Back Cover

For Better or Worse? offers a fresh look at how professional campaign consultants have both positive and negative effects on democracy in the United States. Questioning much of the prevailing conventional wisdom, David A. Dulio employs a unique set of data that empirically examines consultants' own attitudes and beliefs to evaluate where they stand in modern democratic elections. Furthermore, he explores their relationships with candidates, voters, political parties, and the media, revealing that political consultants play an integral role in U.S. elections.

About the Author

David A. Dulio is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Oakland University. He is the coeditor (with James A. Thurber and Candice J. Nelson) of Crowded Airwaves: Campaign Advertising in Elections and (with Candice J. Nelson and Stephen K. Medvic) of Shades of Gray: Perspectives on Campaign Ethics.

About this edition

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0791460444
• ISBN 13: 9780791460443
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 308