Running in Place: A Campaign Journal

Altschuler, Bruce E.

ISBN 10: 0830414398 / ISBN 13: 9780830414390

Published by Nelson-Hall, Chicago, IL, 1996

About this Item

23 cm, 124, wraps, illus., pencil erasure residue on flyleaf.

Seller Inventory # 21426

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Running in Place: A Campaign Journal
• Publisher: Nelson-Hall, Chicago, IL
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0830414398
• ISBN 13: 9780830414390
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Printing.
• Condition: very good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Democratic Party

About this title

Synopsis

Running in Place is a fascinating insider account of Bill Scheuerman's political campaign in a rural county in upstate New York to win a seat in the New York State Assembly. Altushuler, a professor of political science and a participant in the campaign, captures the excitement and disappointment of a volunteer staffed, local campaign. For many years, political scientists have focused so narrowly on massive media political campaigns, that the most common campaign--the one for local office--has been ignored. The book evaluates what we know about local political campaigns and how well these campaigns serve the voters. Topics discussed include political parties, candidate strategies, campaign spending, interest groups, and the role of the media in the context of local elections.

From the Author

A diary of a state legislative election.
RUNNING IN PLACE looks inside a local political campaign, showing its human story while also examining what it tells us about the state of politics in the US. I am a professor of political science who was also part of the campaign I wrote about.