An old pro on political mischief in the United States gives us an overview of U.S. campaign tactics and ethics from eighteenth-century pamphleteers to campaign consultants and media wizards in the 1990s.
An old pro on political mischief in the United States gives us an overview of U.S. campaign tactics and ethics from eighteenth-century pamphleteers to campaign consultants and media wizards in the 1990s.
BRUCE L. FELKNOR is a well-known expert on election practices, the author of Dirty Politics, co-author of Political Dynamiting, and editor of The U.S. Government: How and Why It Works. He is the author of several other books and many articles on unfair electioneering. Felknor served as Executive Director of the Fair Campaign Practices Committee, Inc., from the mid-1950s to the 1960s and was Executive Editor for years of the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Introduction The Matrix of Political Mischief The Nominating Process: Finding Someone to Run The Election Campaign: Marketing Politics Criticizing Opponents: Negative Campaigning The Elements of Unfair Campaigning Personal Vilification: The Classic Smear The Ghoul Gambit: Putting the Other Side Beyond the Pale Appeals to Bigotry: Religion, Race, Ethnic Background The Many Uses of Distortion Political Lies and Liars Politics and Patriotism Political Chicanery: Disrupting the Machinery Espionage and Sabotage Buying and Stealing Votes Mischief and Reform: Reform as Mischief Watergate: Mandate for Reform A Result of Reform: Invincible Incumbents Media Power and the Perception of Politics Further Perspectives on Reform Bibliography Index
Introduction The Matrix of Political Mischief The Nominating Process: Finding Someone to Run The Election Campaign: Marketing Politics Criticizing Opponents: Negative Campaigning The Elements of Unfair Campaigning Personal Vilification: The Classic Smear The Ghoul Gambit: Putting the Other Side Beyond the Pale Appeals to Bigotry: Religion, Race, Ethnic Background The Many Uses of Distortion Political Lies and Liars Politics and Patriotism Political Chicanery: Disrupting the Machinery Espionage and Sabotage Buying and Stealing Votes Mischief and Reform: Reform as Mischief Watergate: Mandate for Reform A Result of Reform: Invincible Incumbents Media Power and the Perception of Politics Further Perspectives on Reform Bibliography Index
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