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Campaign crises : detours on the road to Congress / R. Sam Garrett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garrett, R. Sam, 1977- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress--Elections.
- United States.
- Campaign management--United States.
- Campaign management.
- Political campaigns--United States.
- Political campaigns.
- Elections--United States.
- Elections.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Sam Garrett explores the dynamic process of electioneering by focusing on the insights and activities of political professionals: the consultants, party officials, staff, and others who make a career out of campaigning. As his analysis makes clear, how these experts handle crises - be they real, imagined, or manufactured by or for the competition - often shapes electoral outcomes."--BOOK JACKET.
- Contents:
- Campaigns, crises, and modern US politics
- What crises are and why they matter
- Campaign leadership and strategy during crises
- Recognizing and creating crises : the Cleland-Chambliss race
- An environment of crisis : the Torricelli-Forrester-Lautenberg race
- A crisis of epic proportions : the Wellstone-Coleman-Mondale race
- Subtle crises and fair fights : the Cantwell-Gorton race.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62637-296-9
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