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 suggestions for improving their current effectiveness.
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"With all their faults, presidential debates remain the best way for most voters to learn about candidates. This book in turn is one of the best ways to learn all the ins and outs about presidential debates."--Newton N. Minow
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"Jamieson and Birdsell are unique in their historical approach to the practice of debate. Their defense of its contributions toward 'creating an informed electorate' is interesting, informative, and well documented."--Perspective
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson is Dean of the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. She has written two other books on political discourse--Packaging the Presidency and Eloquence in an Electronic Age--and has served on the 20th-Century Fund's Taskforce on Presidential Debates. David S. Birdsell is Assistant Professor at Baruch College and consultant to the Congressional Management Foundation.
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United States, Social Security, The Power of Broadcast Debates, The Problems of Broadcast Debates, The Impact of Broadcasting, Ronald Reagan, White House, New York, The Promise of Debates, Contributions of American Debate, Gary Hart, Daniel Webster, Limitations of American Debate, Walter Mondale, House of Representatives, Thomas Jefferson, Geraldine Ferraro, John Quincy Adams, New England, League of Women Voters Education Fund, New Hampshire, Civil War, George Meany, Jesse Jackson, Characteristics of Prebroadcast Debates Browse Sample Pages:
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- Presidential Debates by Professor Alan Schroeder on 4 pages
- Presidential Debates by Professor Alan Schroeder in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Rhetorical Studies of National Political Debates: 1960-1992, Second Edition (Praeger Series in Political Communication) by Robert V. Friedenberg on page 144, page 259, and Back Matter
- Rhetorical Studies of National Political Debates: 1960-1992, Second Edition (Praeger Series in Political Communication) by Robert V. Friedenberg on page 144, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Rhetorical Studies of National Political Debates--1996 by Robert V. Friedenberg on page 89, and Back Matter
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