TY - BOOK AU - Mancini,Paolo AU - Swanson,David L. TI - Politics, media, and modern democracy: an international study of innovations in electoral campaigning and their consequences T2 - Praeger series in political communication, SN - 0275951839 AV - JF2112.C3 P67 1996 U1 - 324.7 PY - 1996/// CY - Westport, Conn. PB - Praeger KW - Campaign management KW - Political campaigns KW - Comparative government N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-278) and index; 1. Politics, Media, and Modern Democracy: Introduction / Paolo Mancini and David L. Swanson -- 2. Politics, Media, and Modern Democracy: The United States / Dan Nimmo -- 3. Modern Communications versus Traditional Politics in Britain: Unstable Marriage of Convenience / Jay G. Blumler, Dennis Kavanagh and T. J. Nossiter -- 4. The Modernization of Swedish Campaigns: Individualization, Professionalization, and Medialization / Kent Asp and Peter Esaiasson -- 5. The "Americanization" of German Election Campaigns: Any Impact on the Voters? / Klaus Schoenbach -- 6. Television, Campaigning, and Elections in the Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia / Ellen Mickiewicz and Andrei Richter -- 7. Television and Elections in Post-1989 Poland: How Powerful Is the Medium? / Karol Jakubowicz -- 8. Political Communication and Electoral Campaigns in the Young Spanish Democracy / Juan I. Rospir -- 9. American-Style Electioneering in Israel: Americanization versus Modernization / Dan Caspi --; 10. Patterns and Effects of Recent Changes in Electoral Campaigning in Italy / Gianpietro Mazzoleni -- 11. Secular Politics: The Modernization of Argentine Electioneering / Silvio R. Waisbord -- 12. Politics, Media, and Modern Democracy: The Case of Venezuela / Jose Antonio Mayobre -- 13. Patterns of Modern Electoral Campaigning and Their Consequences / David L. Swanson and Paolo Mancini ER -