The author explores the contemporary American ideal of democratic citizenship in election campaigns by tracing it to its historical sources, documenting its thorough infiltration of legal norms, evaluating its feasibility in light of the findings of empirical social science, and…
The political campaign : emergence of the deliberative ideal -- Election law and the formation of public opinion -- Campaigns and the stability of political opinion -- Democratic theory and the thin election campaign -- The tabulative campaign.
The author explores the contemporary American ideal of democratic citizenship in election campaigns by tracing it to its historical sources, documenting its thorough infiltration of legal norms, evaluating its feasibility in light of the findings of empirical social science, and…