James A Gardner

What are Campaigns For? The Role of Persuasion in Electoral Law and Politics (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

What are Campaigns For?: The Role of Persuasion in Electoral Law and Politics argues that campaigns by and large do not serve the function of "persuasion," in the sense of changing people's deeply held beliefs. Rather, campaigns mostly serve a "tabulative" function, adding up the preferences of voters which are mostly formed outside the context of campaigns. The book both explains the reasons for these limitations on modern-day political campaigns and their implications, suggesting that there is a need to seek out opportunities for between-campaign deliberations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190453022
• Artikelnr.: 42681952

Autorenporträt

James A. Gardner is Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Joseph W. Belluck and Laura L. Aswad Professor of Civil Justice at the University at Buffalo Law School, State University of New York, where he also directs the Edwin F. Jaeckle Center for State and Local Democracy. After earning a BA from Yale University and a JD from the University of Chicago, Gardner practiced law at the United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, in Washington, D.C. He subsequently taught at Western New England College School of Law, William and Mary, and the University of Connecticut before coming to the University of Buffalo in 2001. Gardner's research interests include the theoretical foundations of the constitutional structure of politics, the institutionalization through law of principles of democracy, constitutional structures of federalism, and subnational constitutional law. He is the author or editor of five books and more than forty articles.