01401nam a2200289 a 4500 EDZ0000072722 StDuBDS 20150804193937.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 090116s2009 nyu fo 001 0 eng|d 9780199855438 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS JK2281 .G37 2009 324.70973 22 Gardner, James A., 1959- What are campaigns for? [electronic resource] : the role of persuasion in electoral law and politics / James A. Gardner. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2009. 1 online resource (x, 219 p.) 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 testing it against the needs of democratic theory. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Political campaigns United States. Election law United States. Print version 9780195392616 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195392616.001.0001 37797 37797