No Place for Amateurs: How Political Consultants are Reshaping American Democracy

No Place for Amateurs: How Political Consultants are Reshaping American Democracy
ISBN-10
1135962723
ISBN-13
9781135962722
Series
No Place for Amateurs
Category
Political Science
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2001-01-29
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Dennis W. Johnson

Description

The second edition addresses the many changes that have taken place in political campaigns since 2000, including a new landscape of campaign funding, the media and technology’s increased importance to the way campaigns are run, as well as updating the cast of consultants and elections referenced in examples.

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