No Way to Pick A President: How Money and Hired Guns Have Debased American Elections Tapa blanda - 2001

Never before has so much money poured into a presidential campaign as flowed into the election of 2000. Jules Witcover, who has covered every election since 1952, here combines unparalleled knowledge about presidential politics with a scintillating, wise analysis of what's wrong with the way American presidents are chosen. He shows us, in memorable and dramatic detail, how professional mercenaries--with little party loyalty and diminished political principles, driven by skewed priorities and an insatiable need for money, are corrupting American public life. At the same time, he shows how television dramatically, even destructively, distorts the election process, discouraging voter participation and dissuading some of our most promising public figures from seeking higher office. In this lively, story-filled account, Witcover examines the many ways in which politicians themselves have condoned or encouraged these developments and how they are responding to the new demands of a media-driven, money-conscious age. He assessses the effects of campaign funds, both "soft" and "hard, and of a press corps that practices invasive, "gotcha" journ

Detalles

• Título No Way to Pick A President: How Money and Hired Guns Have Debased American Elections
• Autor Jules Witcover
• Encuadernación Tapa blanda
• Edición [ Edition: first
• Páginas 320
• Volúmenes 1
• Idioma ENG
• Editorial Routledge, London
• Fecha de publicación 2001-03-28
• Features Bibliography, Index
• ISBN 9780415930314 / 0415930316
• Peso 0.95 libras (0.43 kg)
• Dimensiones 8.94 x 6.08 x 0.86 pulgadas (22.71 x 15.44 x 2.18 cm)
• Library of Congress subjects United States - Politics and government -, Presidents - United States - Election -
• Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2001019126
• Dewey Decimal Code 324.973