Candidate-Centered Campaigns

Political Messages, Winning Personalities, and Personal Appeals
2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-39860-4
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3845 g

The book discussed how contemporary political campaigns are increasingly sensitive to candidate-centered appeals, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of their own candidate to determine how their personalities, backgrounds, and likability and background fit into a campaign narrative, theme, and issue agenda.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arbour, B.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Role of the Candidate in Campaign Messages 2. Why Campaigns Use Candidate-Centered Messages 3. Candidates and Campaign Planning 4. The Use of Candidate-Centered Appeals 5. The Types of Candidate-Centered Appeals 6. Candidate-Centered Appeals and Personal Issues 7. The Effect of Candidate-Centered Appeals 8. Candidate- Centered Appeals and Citizens

Über Autor(innen)

Brian Arbour is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at John Jay College at the City University of New York, USA. He also serves as a member of the Decision Team for Fox News Channel and has published articles on The Monkey Cage (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/08/28/why-do-political-campaigns-tell-us-what-their-candidates-have-done-instead-of-what-they-are-going-to-do/)