Presidential Debates: The Challenge of Creating an Informed Electorate - Couverture rigide

Jamieson, Kathleen Hall

 
9780195055399: Presidential Debates: The Challenge of Creating an Informed Electorate
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 019505539X ISBN 13 : 9780195055399
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1988

Synopsis

American presidential debates have traditionally created mixed reviews. Advocates have praised the debates as a way of making issues more central to the campaign, however others have criticized them as little more than joint press conferences. How important are these debates? Do they really test knowledge and vision? Do they sort good ideas from bad, or reveal important character traits? In short, do they provide American voters with what they need to know to choose a President? The authors address these questions and place contemporary debates in their cultural and historical context, tracing their origins and development in the American political system from the 18th century to the present.

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Revue de presse

"With all their faults, presidential debates remain the best way for most voters to learn about candidates. This book in turn is one of the best ways to learn all the ins and outs about presidential debates."--Newton N. Minow

"Presidential Debates should not be ignored....[It] is well researched, well written, and full of interesting ideas."--Columbia Journalism Review

"Jamieson and Birdsell are unique in their historical approach to the practice of debate. Their defense of its contributions toward 'creating an informed electorate' is interesting, informative, and well documented."--Perspective

Biographie de l'auteur

About the Authors: Kathleen Hall Jamieson is Dean of the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. She has written two other books on political discourse--Packaging the Presidency and Eloquence in an Electronic Age--and has served on the 20th-Century Fund's Taskforce on Presidential Debates. David S. Birdsell is Assistant Professor at Baruch College and consultant to the Congressional Management Foundation.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
1988
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
019505539X
ISBN 13 
9780195055399
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
272
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780195066609: Presidential Debates: The Challenge of Creating an Informed Electorate

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  019506660X ISBN 13 :  9780195066609
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1990
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