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In Defense of Politicians
Why Elected Leaders Are Behaving as they Should
Series: Controversies in Electoral Democracy and Representation
Politicians are reviled. From jokes on late-night TV talk shows to radio show rants and from public opinion polls to ubiquitous conventional wisdom—politicians are among the most despised professional class in modern society. Drawing on seminal work in political science, Stephen K. Medvic...
To Be Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
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New Directions in Campaigns and Elections
Series: New Directions in American Politics
The ground upon which campaigns and elections are contested has been shifting rapidly in the last decade. Radical and ongoing changes to the way elections are administered and campaigns are financed; new approaches to polling, campaign management and advertising, and voter mobilization; and recent...
Published January 5th 2011 by Routledge