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1 online resource (313 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; PART I: INTRODUCTION; 1 Political Developments, 1997-2001; 2 The Election Campaign; PART II: PARTY STRATEGY; 3 Labour Party Strategy; 4 Conservative Party Strategy; 5 Liberal Democrat Strategy; PART III: PARTY CAMPAIGNS; 6 The Labour Campaign; 7 The Conservative Campaign; 8 Charles Kennedy's Campaign; PART IV: ASPECTS OF THE CAMPAIGN; 9 The Polls: Lessons from 2001; 10 The Most Boring Election Ever? |
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11 Constituency Campaigning in 2001: The Effectiveness of Targeting12 The Party Election Broadcasts: A Sleeping Giant or an Old Pair of Shoes?; 13 Partisan Dealignment and the British Press; PART V: THE CAMPAIGN ON TELEVISION; 14 Public Service in Transition? Campaign Journalism at the BBC, 2001; 15 The Parties and Television: Some Antidotes to Apathy; 16 The People's Voice?; 17 Democratic Renewal and Public-service Broadcasting: Implications for Election News Coverage; PART VI: THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION; 18 The Electoral Commission; Index. |
| Summary |
This work examines political communications in British general elections. Like its predecessors it has a dual purpose: first, to make available the reflections of those who participated in it; and, second, to provide analysis of the media, the parties and public opinion polls in the campaign. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Parliament -- Elections, 2001 -- Congresses.
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Great Britain. Parliament. |
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Elections -- Great Britain -- Congresses.
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Elections. |
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Great Britain. |
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Communication in politics -- Great Britain -- Congresses.
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Communication in politics. |
| Chronological Term |
2001 |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Bartle, John, 1968-
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Mortimore, Roger.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Atkinson, Simon. Political Communications : The General Election of 2001. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2013 9780714652900 |
| ISBN |
9781135290221 (electronic book) |
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1135290229 (electronic book) |
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0714652903 (cloth) |
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9780714652900 (cloth) |
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