Campaigns & Elections (Second Edition) - Softcover

Sides, John; Shaw, Daron; Grossmann, Matt; Lipsitz, Keena

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393938522 ISBN 13: 9780393938524

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2015

Synopsis

A contemporary and comprehensive approach to campaigns and elections.

The leading book in the market―now updated through the 2014 elections―Campaigns & Elections provides a balanced and accessible approach to campaign and election coverage. Based on courses taught by the book’s respected author team, the Second Edition brings an authoritative perspective and a clear, consistent framework to reveal the strategies and choices that face candidates and other participants in the American political system.

About this title

About the Author:

John Sides (George Washington University) studies elections, political campaigns, voter behavior, and public opinion. His work has appeared in numerous major journals. He is a founder of and contributor to The Monkey Cage, a popular political science blog.

Daron Shaw (University of Texas at Austin) has written three books and many articles on political campaigns, voting behavior, and public opinion. He worked as a strategist in the 2000 and 2004 Republican presidential election campaigns, serves on the national decision team for Fox News, and conducts the Fox News Poll.

Matt Grossmann (Michigan State University) researches interest group representation and influence in the United States, as well as the roles of consultants and advertising in campaigns. His publications include numerous journal articles, a guide to running local campaigns, and Asymmetric Politics: Ideological Republicans and Interest Group Democrats (with David Hopkins).

Keena Lipsitz’s (Queens College, CUNY) main field is American political behavior, and she has broader interests in democratic theory, public opinion, and media effects. She has authored or coauthored two scholarly books and several articles on how political campaigns affect voters.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0393938522
• ISBN 13: 9780393938524
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 480