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Title: Campaigns & Elections: Contemporary Case Studies by Michael A. Bailey, Ronald Faucheux, Paul S. Hernson, Clyde Wilcox ISBN: 1-56802-495-9 Publisher: Congressional Quarterly Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Fascinating campaign case studies
Comment: It's very hard to find good, practical case studies of political campaigns written by people who know what they're doing. This book is superb, and an excellent source for people who want to find out the inside story of how candidates win tough elections.

Rating: 1
Summary: Case studies? Yes. Context? No.
Comment: This book is a collection of articles that appeared in various issues of Campaigns and Elections magazine. Sections divide the cases of elections for U.S. Senate, House, state/local races, and ballot initiatives.

Alone, the articles are each reasonably well executed. But don't go looking for connective tissue. This book completely lacks any structure for comparison. The "case studies" are not composed in similar formats. An unfamiliar reader will have trouble understanding when events took place -- dates have been left out -- entire articles exist without reference to years that elections took place.

Articles written by managers or consultants for one candidate reject any balanced discussion of their opponents' tactics.

These aren't flaws of the writers. They're flaws of the collection. The book's editors appear to have made no effort to revise old magazine content. Chapters don't even begin or end with extra unifying information.

Long story short: this is little more than a disjointed re-packaging.

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