Inside Campaigns
Autor Kenneth M. Goldstein, Matthew J. (George Washington University Dallek, William J. Feltusen Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 aug 2018
De cele mai multe ori, literatura academică despre procesele electorale tinde să se concentreze fie pe comportamentul alegătorului, fie pe teorii politice abstracte, lăsând o lacună semnificativă în ceea ce privește mecanica internă și deciziile tactice luate sub presiune. Inside Campaigns vine să umple acest gol, oferind o incursiune rară în culisele democrației americane prin ochii celor care coordonează strategiile din teren. Considerăm că forța acestui volum rezidă în capacitatea autorilor de a transforma experiența brută a consultanților în material didactic riguros. Ediția de față, revizuită, aduce elemente de noutate esențiale pentru înțelegerea peisajului politic actual, precum utilizarea mediilor digitale pentru mobilizarea bazelor de suporteri și tehnologiile de urmărire a publicității adverse. Structura cărții urmărește o progresie logică: de la „matematica politică” necesară pentru a identifica segmentele de votanți, până la rolul managerului ca director financiar care gestionează bugete de zeci de milioane de dolari. Această lucrare completează perspectiva oferită de Political Consultants and Campaigns de Jason Johnson. În timp ce Johnson se concentrează pe discrepanța dintre teoria politică și practica consultanților, Inside Campaigns adaugă o dimensiune managerială și tehnică mult mai detaliată, punând accent pe execuția cotidiană și pe relația cu presa. Reținem, de asemenea, că abordarea lui Kenneth M. Goldstein și a echipei sale este una ancorată în date reale, spre deosebire de alte lucrări pur anecdotice, oferind studenților la jurnalism sau științe politice un instrument de lucru pragmatic pentru a deveni „spinmeisters” eficienți.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1544316747
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 153 x 231 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Ediția:2 Revised edition
Editura: Sage Publications, Inc
Locul publicării:Washington DC, United States
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Despre autor
Kenneth M. Goldstein este un expert recunoscut în comunicare politică și publicitate electorală, profesor la University of San Francisco. Alături de Matthew J. Dallek (George Washington University) și William J. Feltus, acesta aduce o experiență vastă în cercetarea academică și consultanța politică. Opera sa se axează pe intersecția dintre mass-media și finanțarea campaniilor. În contextul lucrărilor anterioare, cum este Interest Groups, Lobbying, and Participation in America, Inside Campaigns extinde analiza de la influența grupurilor de interese la execuția directă a strategiilor electorale.
Descriere scurtă
¿Thomas B. Edsall, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism
"Much of our useful knowledge sits at the intersection of disciplines. Inside Campaigns demonstrates that through a skillful combination of political science with management in a highly readable and practical format. A first for this field!"
¿Leonard A. Schlesinger, Baker Foundation Professor-Harvard Business School, President Emeritus-Babson College
Inside Campaigns, Second Edition takes readers on a journey into the world of campaign managers. Powered by scores of interviews and surveys of political professionals, the book considers the purpose, potency, and poetry of modern political campaigns in the US. The expert author team draw from years of scholarly research and professional campaign experience to guide readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of the ways campaigns are managed, the strategies that are employed, the roles played by both staff and the candidates, and the affects election outcomes have on American democracy. Readers will develop an understanding of what campaigns do and why they matter, as well as gain practical skills for working in a campaign or advocating for a cause.
New to the Second Edition:
- A case study created from an in-depth interview with Bernie Sanders¿ top digital decision-makers describes how the Sanders¿ campaign used digital media to harness the energy of their highly motivated base supporters. This case shows students a real-life campaign decision-making situation, and demonstrates how campaigns use new digital media to drive traditional news media coverage.
- A unique joint interview with the top media buyers from the Clinton and Trump campaigns reveals how each campaign tracked the other¿s advertising and adjusted their own advertising based on competitive tracking information. This interview illustrates to students how modern campaigns use media tracking technologies to monitor their opposition and spend tens of millions of dollars at the presidential level.
- A top Trump digital manager shares inside details of how the Republican National Committee moved quickly to help build out the Trump digital operations after it was clear that Trump would be the party¿s presidential nominee. This insight helps students understand how the Trump campaign answered, "What do we tell them?" by testing messages online, including recycling Trump¿s personal tweets in instant messages and emails.
- The differences between how the Clinton and Trump campaigns managed the news media are highlighted in a case study of one journalist¿s experiences covering both campaigns. This case study helps the student build skills for becoming a "spinmeister" who handles day-to-day relationships with the news media. The authors¿ research surprisingly reveals that, behind the scenes, Trump was much more available to reporters than Clinton, despite Trump¿s continuous public attacks on the "fake news media."
Recenzii
“The content is built upon what many real professional think is most critical in campaigns. The voice of the campaign professionals comes through.”
“[The] extensive interviews that the authors did with campaign managers [result] in an insider view that is typically not present in a book written by political scientists.”
“Complicating issues are explained clearly for even the novice political science student.”
“The use of testimony and statements from practitioners, who are well-known and less well-known, provides the book with an air of authenticity.”
"Much of our useful knowledge sits at the intersection of disciplines. Inside Campaigns demonstrates that through a skillful combination of political science with management in a highly readable and practical format. A first for this field!"
Cuprins
Acknowledgments
List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes
Chapter 1. Losing and Winning: The Craft and Science of Political Campaigns
A Tale of Two Managers
Learning and Experimenting
Why Campaign Managers Do It
What Campaigns Do
The Roles and Goals of a Campaign Manager
Chapter 2. Political Math
The Fundamentals
The Role of Fundamentals: From Demographics to Party ID
Share and Performance
Blue Wall Math
Summary
Chapter 3. Political Historian and Data Scientist: Charting a Path to Victory through Information and Analysis The Secret Ballot Problem
Focus Groups, Polls, and Other Forms of Information Gathering
Who Do We Need?
How Do We Reach Them?
What Do We Tell Them?
How Are We Doing?
What Are Our Opponents and Allies Doing?
Summary
Chapter 4. Entrepreneur and Chief Financial Officer: Launching and Sustaining the Campaign
Spending and Margins
The Money Advantage
How Money Matters (Decisions)
“The Nightmare of All Campaigns” (Fundraising)
Summary
Chapter 5. Team Builder: Embracing the Personal Side of Politics
Team Building in Trump’s Organization
Jen Pihlaja
Team Builder: “A Big Cheerleader”
Chapter 6. Ideologist and Policy Wonk: Standing for Something
“An Altitude of 30,000 Feet”
Clinton as Policy Wonk
Campaign Manager as Policy Wonk
The Frustrated Policy Wonk
Summary
Chapter 7. Marketing Maven: Reaching the Campaign’s Target Voter Audiences
“What Are They Doing?” Competitive Media Tracking in the 2016 Presidential Race
What Are Gross Rating Points? Learning the Basic Math of Media
“How many GRP’s do we have?”
"How Many Gross Rating Points Do I Need?”
The Business of Political TV Advertising
Today’s Media Mix: More than TV
Chapter 8. Producer and Stage Manager: Creating and Presenting the Campaign’s Messages
Producing a 4 a.m. Media Event
The Making of the “Guru Spot”
What Do We Tell Voters?
How the Message Matters
Why Campaigns “Go Negative”
“A Hugging Contest?”: Why Negative Ads Affect Election Margins
Going Negative in a Primary
Responding to Negative Attacks
Summary
Chapter 9. Spinmeister: Navigating the News Landscape
Spinmeister Turned Reporter: A Case Study
Cautious Clinton versus Risk-taking Trump
A Failure of Crisis Management: “Let Herman be Herman”
Inoculation: Preparing for Bad News
How Do We Reach Them? What Do We Tell Them?
“Your Best Friend or Your Worst Enemy”
Earned Media
Digital and Social Media
The Changing News Landscape
Making News with Both New Media and Old Media
Chapter 10. Field General: Waging the War on the Ground
How Do We Reach Them?
The Two-Step Process: Deciding to Vote and Voting for or against a Candidate
“Old-Fashioned Grunt Work”
Summary
Chapter 11. Strategy Enforcer and Team Builder: Keeping a Day-to-Day Focus on the Long-Term Path to Victory
James Carville: Losing Before Winning
Clinton-Gore 1992: “The Best Campaign Ever”
Keeping the Campaign Team on Strategy
Inheriting a Team: Executing a Strategy
Strategy Enforcer in the Age of Super Political Action Committees
How Are We Doing?
Chapter 12. Candidate Caretaker and Confidant: Handling Details and Building Trust
Becoming Indispensable
The Buffer and the Concierge
Building Trust: “Jimmy, Here’s What We Need to Do”
Building the Relationship
Honesty
Managing the Candidate’s Family
Losing and Winning: When the Campaign Ends
Appendixes: Teaching and Research Resources
Appendix A. Campaign Manager Survey Questionnaire Library
Appendix B. Interview with Doug Bailey
Appendix C. Manager Profile—Katie Merrill: Managing in the California Big Leagues
Appendix D. Manager Profile—Reed Galen: Just Say No
Appendix E. The Audacity of Smoke: The Rise and Fall of the Unorthodox Herman Cain Campaign
Index
About the Authors