Tim Groeling

When Politicians Attack

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Fostering a positive brand name is the chief benefit parties provide for their members. They do this both by coordinating their activities in the legislative process and by communicating with voters. Whereas political scientists have generally focused on the former, dismissing partisan communication as cheap talk, this book argues that a party's ability to coordinate its communication has important implications for the study of politics. The macro-level institutional setting of a party's communication heavily influences that party's prospects for cohesive communication. Paradoxically, unified government presents the greatest challenge to unified communication within the president's party. As this book argues, the challenge stems primarily from two sources: the constitutional separation of powers and the intervening role of the news media. American party members work together to build a positive brand name in the public eye. The party brand name comes from what partisans do and what they say. This book focuses on the latter: when party members are critical of fellow partisans, what they say is both credible and damaging.

Produktdetails

• Communication, Society and Politics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9780521603072
• ISBN-10: 0521603072
• Artikelnr.: 30215463

Autorenporträt

Tim Groeling is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at UCLA. With Matthew A. Baum, he is the co-author of War Stories: The Causes and Consequences of Public Views of War. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Politics, International Organization, Political Communication, Political Behavior, and Presidential Studies Quarterly, among other publications.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: singing from the same hymnbook: party cohesion in the media; 2. McParty: cohesion and the party 'brand name'; 3. Man bites president: the mediation of partisan communication; 4. Breaking the eleventh commandment: party cohesion in presidential news; 5. Life in the shadows: the president's legislative party as newsmaker; 6. When politicians attack: the political implications of partisan conflict in the media; 7. With enemies like these: the silver lining of divided government; 8. Conclusion: uncircling the firing squad: party cohesion in a new media era.

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1. Introduction: singing from the same hymnbook: party cohesion in the
media; 2. McParty: cohesion and the party 'brand name'; 3. Man bites
president: the mediation of partisan communication; 4. Breaking the
eleventh commandment: party cohesion in presidential news; 5. Life in the
shadows: the president's legislative party as newsmaker; 6. When
politicians attack: the political implications of partisan conflict in the
media; 7. With enemies like these: the silver lining of divided government;
8. Conclusion: uncircling the firing squad: party cohesion in a new media
era.

Rezensionen

'... clearly written and organized. [This book] contains engaging prose and many vivid examples to illustrate its argument. It would be a good choice for graduate classes or advanced undergraduate classes on political communication, parties, or Congress.' Jonathan M. Ladd, Public Opinion Quarterly