Do political campaigns matter? : campaign effects in elections and referendums / / David M. Farrell and Rudiger Schmitt-Beck

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450339703321
• Autore: Farrell David M. <1960, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002
• ISBN: 1-134-52042-5; 1-280-05646-0; 0-203-28221-3; 0-203-16695-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Collana: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science
• Altri autori (Persone): Schmitt-BeckRudiger
• Disciplina: 324.7
• Soggetti: Political campaigns; Advertising, Political; Elections; Voting; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on the contributors; Series editor's preface; Preface and acknowledgements; Studying political campaigns and their effects; Calculating or capricious? The new politics of late deciding voters; When do election campaigns matter, and to whom? Results from the 1999 Swiss election panel study; Campaign effects and media monopoly: the 1994 and 1998 parliamentary elections in Hungary; Priming and campaign context: evidence from recent Canadian elections; Candidate-centred campaigns and their effects in an open list system: the case of FinlandPost-Fordism in the constituencies? The continuing development of constituency campaigning in Britain; Do campaign communications matter for civic engagement? American elections from Eisenhower to George W.Bush; Referendums and elections: how do campaigns differ?; Public opinion formation in Swiss federal referendums; Do political campaigns matter? Yes, but it depends; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book, in bringing together some of the leading international scholars on electoral behaviour and communication studies, provides the first ever stock-take of the state of this sub-discipline. The individual chapters present the most recent studies on campaign effects in North America, Europe and Australasia. As a whole, the book provides a cross-national assessment of the theme of political campaigns and their consequences.