Do political campaigns matter? : campaign effects in elections and referendums /
David M. Farrell and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck.
- xx, 215 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 25 .
- Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science 25. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Studying political campaigns and their effects / Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and David M. Farrell -- Calculating or capricious? The new politics of late deciding voters / Ian McAllister -- When do election campaigns matter, and to whom? Results from the 1999 Swiss election panel study / Romain Lachat and Pascal Sciarini -- Campaign effects and media monopoly: the 1994 and 1998 parliamentary elections in Hungary / Marina Popescu and Gábor Tóka -- Priming and campaign context: evidence from recent Canadian elections / Elisabeth Gidengil [and others] -- Candidate-centred campaign and their effects in an open list system: the case of Finland / Ilkka Ruostetsaari and Mikko Mattila -- Post-Fordism in the constituencies? The continuing development of constituency campaigning in Britain / David Denver and Gordon Hands --Do campaign communications matter for civic engagement? American elections from Eisenhower to George W. Bush / Pippa Norris -- Referendums and elections: how do campaigns differ? / Lawrence LeDuc -- Public opinion formation in Swiss federal referendums / Michael Bützer and Lionel Marquis -- Do political campaigns matter? Yes, but it depends / Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and David M. Farrell.
This volume provides a cross-national assessment of the theme of political campaigns and their consequences. Chapters present the most recent studies on campaign effects in North America, Europe and Australasia.
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