Presidential Debates: The Challenge of Creating an Informed Electorate

by Kathleen Hall Jamieson and David S. Birdsell

Book Overview

How important are presidential debates today? To answer this question, the authors place modern debates in their cultural and historical context, tracing their origins and development in the American political tradition, from the eighteenth century to the present, and concluding with some thoughtful suggestions for improving their current effectiveness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019506660X
• ISBN13: 9780195066609
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"