Campaigns are a critical part of the political process in the United States, but until now, reference sources on campaigns have only covered selected parts of the process or have been written for political insiders. The Guide to Political Campaigns in America is the first resource to examine and explain every aspect of campaigns in a manner that satisfies the needs of many different audiences. This unique and comprehensive volume explores history, issues, processes and people, and types of campaigns. Editor Paul Herrnson, a well-respected government and politics scholar who has worked on many campaigns himself, brings to the work a dynamic combination of high-level scholarship and hands-on experience that sets this guide apart from all other campaign resources.

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Paul S. Herrnson is director of the Center for American Politics and Citizenship and professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland. He is the author of Party Campaigning in the 1980s and coauthor of Voting Technology: The Not-So-Simple Act of Casting a Ballot and The Financiers of Congressional Elections. He is coeditor of several volumes, including The Interest Group Connection; War Stories from Capitol Hill; and Responsible Partisanship? The Evolution of American Political Parties since 1950. He has written numerous articles on Congress, campaign finance, political parties, and elections. He has served as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow and has received several teaching awards, including a Distinguished Scholar-Teaching Award from the University of Maryland.

Guide to Political Campaigns in America