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Beschreibung
Political races in the United States rely heavily on highly paid political consultants. In Building a Business of Politics, Adam Sheingate traces the history of political consultants from its origins in the publicity experts and pollsters of the 1920s and 1930s to the strategists and media specialists of the 1970s who transformed political campaigns into a highly profitable business. Today, consultants command a hefty fee from politicians as they turn campaign cash from special interest groups and wealthy donors into the advertisements, polls, and direct mail solicitations characteristic of modern campaigns. The implications of this system on the state of American democracy are significant: a professional political class stands between the voters and those who claim to represent them. Building a Business of Politics is both a definitive account of the consulting profession and a powerful reinterpretation of how political professionals reshaped American democracy in the modern era.
Political races in the United States rely heavily on highly paid political consultants. In Building a Business of Politics, Adam Sheingate traces the history of political consultants from its origins in the publicity experts and pollsters of the 1920s and 1930s to the strategists and media specialists of the 1970s who transformed political campaigns into a highly profitable business. Today, consultants command a hefty fee from politicians as they turn campaign cash from special interest groups and wealthy donors into the advertisements, polls, and direct mail solicitations characteristic of modern campaigns. The implications of this system on the state of American democracy are significant: a professional political class stands between the voters and those who claim to represent them. Building a Business of Politics is both a definitive account of the consulting profession and a powerful reinterpretation of how political professionals reshaped American democracy in the modern era.
Über den Autor
Adam Sheingate is a professor and chair of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of The Rise of the Agricultural Welfare State.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • 1.) The Business of Politics

  • 2.) Publicity and the Public

  • 3.) Professional Propaganda

  • 4.) The Art and Science of Politics

  • 5.) A Business Takes Shape

  • 6.) Advertising Politics

  • 7.) The Consolidation of Control

  • 8.) The Business of Digital Politics

  • 9.) The Evolution of Political Work

  • Appendix: Estimating the Size of the Political Consulting Industry

  • Notes

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780190692155
ISBN-10: 0190692154
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Sheingate, Adam
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Adam Sheingate
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2018
Gewicht: 0,511 kg
Artikel-ID: 120655405

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