What are campaigns for? : the role of persuasion in electoral law and politics / James A. Gardner.

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2009.

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Political campaigns -- United States.

Election law -- United States.

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. (Oxford Scholarship Online). Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) or Firefox 2.0 (or higher). Available as searchable text in HTML format. Access restricted to subscribing institutions.

Oxford scholarship online. Law collection.

x, 219 p. ; 25 cm