Screen LibraryTerrorism, elections, and democracy Political campaigns in the United States, Great Britain, and Russia /
This book examines the influence of terrorist threat in the recent elections in the US, Great Britain, and Russia to analyze the influence of post-9/11 fears on voting behaviour in comparative perspective. It is in these different countries that warnings about terrorism find the most resonance with...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230102378 |
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This book examines the influence of terrorist threat in the recent elections in the US, Great Britain, and Russia to analyze the influence of post-9/11 fears on voting behaviour in comparative perspective. It is in these different countries that warnings about terrorism find the most resonance with candidates, journalists and voters alike. |
| Item Description: | Electronic book text. |
| Carrier Form: | 272 p. |
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9780230613577 9780230102378 : 0230102379 : |
| CLC: | D034.4 |
| Contents: | 1: Introduction * 2: Candidate Messages and News Framing in U.S. Elections * 3: A New U.S. News Paradigm?: Variation in Election News Coverage * 4 Voting with the Heart and Not the Head: The Electorate, Security Fear, and Vote Choice in the United States * 5 Candidate Messages and News Framing in British Elections * 6: Putting Terrorism in Perspective: The British Electorate and Security Threat * 7: Limitless Threat, Limited Choices?: Party Messages and News Framing in the 2003/4 Russian Elections * 8: Strong Hands, Not Democracy: The Media Logic of Russian Viewers * 9 Conclusions: The Polit |