For better or worse? : how political consultants are changing elections in the United States

For better or worse? : how political consultants are changing elections in the United States /

"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 previailing conventional wisdom, David A. Dulio employs a unique set of data that empirically examines consultant...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Dulio, David A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2004
Subjects:
Political consultants > United States.
Political campaigns > United States.
Campaign management > United States.
Campaign funds > United States.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • For Better or Worse?
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Consultants Enter the Electioneering Mix
  • 3. Who are these Guys Anyway?
  • 4. Electoral Connections: Consultants, Candidates, Voters, and the Press
  • 5. Party Favors? Have Consultants Replaced Political Parties?
  • 6. Consultants' Effects on Candidate Fund-raising and Electoral Success
  • 7. For Better or Worse
  • What Hath the Consultants Wrought?
  • Appendix 1: Consultants Survey Sampling Procedures
  • Appendix 2: Political Consultants Survey Questionnaire.

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