Renewing Presidential Politics: Campaigns, Media, and the Public Interest

by Bruce Buchanan

Book Overview

Do we get the best presidential candidates to run and elect the presidents we deserve as a nation? If not, why not? Could it have something to do with the quality of campaigns in American politics today? Noted presidential scholar Bruce Buchanan puts the 1996 presidential election campaign in context with the campaigns of 1988 and 1992, making the case that 'good' campaigns--especially those with issue-oriented media coverage and positive campaign...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847683117
• ISBN13: 9780847683116
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 232 Pages