The Triumph of Campaign-Centered Politics

by John Menefee-Libey and David Menefee-Libey

The Triumph of Campaign-Centered Politics is an incisive overview of contemporary campaigns and elections and the role parties play in them. Anyone looking to better understand and identify important features of current campaigns and elections, and to place these features in a historical context, will find the book invaluable. Drawing on extensive interviewing and archival research, Menefee-Libey argues that campaign-centered politics is now the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1889119199
• ISBN13: 9781889119199
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: CQ Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Insightful, challenging look at contemporary politics

Dr. Menefee-Libey has clearly done his homework! His is an insightful and surprising look at the contemporary political scene. Anyone wanting to know why we get the leaders we do will be helped by a careful reading of this book. This is a must-read! I would encourage Dr. Menefee-Libey to begin immediately on a second book taking a close look at how the Reform Party is re-shaping campaigning.