Manipulating Democracy - Democratic Theory, Political Psychology, and Mass Media (Paperback)

Manipulation is a source of pervasive anxiety in contemporary American politics. Observers charge that manipulative practices in political advertising, media coverage, and public discourse have helped to produce an increasingly polarized political arena, an uninformed and apathetic electorate, election campaigns that exploit public fears and prejudices, a media that titillates rather than educates, and a policy process that too often focuses on the symbolic rather than substantive. Manipulating Democracy offers the first comprehensive dialogue between empirical political scientists and normative theorists on the definition and contemporary practice of democratic manipulation. This impressive array of distinguished scholars-political scientists, philosophers, cognitive psychologists, and communications scholars-collectively draw out the connections between competing definitions of manipulation, the psychology of manipulation, and the political institutions and practices through which manipulation is seen to produce a tightly-knit exploration of an issue at the heart of democratic politics.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2010
First published:	2011
Editors:	Wayne LeCheminant • John M. Parrish
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	262
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-87805-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy Promotions
LSN:	0-415-87805-5
Barcode:	9780415878050

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