Campaigns and Elections American Style

by Candice J Nelson, James A. Thurber, Candice J. Nelson

Book Overview

Dramatic changes in political institutions and behavior over the past three decades have underscored the dynamic nature of American politics, confronting political scientists with a new and pressing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813341817
• ISBN13: 9780813341811
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Academic Look at Campaigns

Not a bad book. Thurber presents American campaigns from an academic perspective in describing how they operate and how they have changed over time.This is less of a practical or "how to" book than a descriptive treatise on campaign practices. It is valuable in introducing the reader to the why's and hows of modern campaigning in America. A person who is looking for a guide to organizing their own run for local office will find this book interesting, but will want to supplement it with one of the many more practical books on the subject...I'm teaching a course in elective politics at the University of Pennsylvania's Fels Center of Government. This is one of the required reading books for the course and is also used by some other teachers in the field at colleges and universities around the country.

A good book to read...!

I'm a university student in Taiwan.The book has been translated in Chinese,and I've read the book.In the beginning,my professor suggest me to read it,then I did it.The book is really helpful to people to understand how's the campaigns & elections going on!

Nice Text Book!

I'm a graduate student from Taiwan. I study in Graduate Institute of American Studies of Tamkang University. My professor wants each of us to have this book and read it closely. Although I haven't got the book yet. But according to my professor's recommendation. I think this should be a very good book to understand how election won.