The Strategy of Campaigning
Subtitle: Lessons from Ronald Reagan and Boris Yeltsin
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: August 22, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780472116270
Subjects: Central government policies; Political campaigning & advertising; Political leaders & leadership; c 1980 to c 1990; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Russia; USA; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Political Process - Elections; Political Process - Political Parties; Political Science / Political Parties; 1980; Election; Political campaigns; Presidents; Russia (Federation); United States
Description: "The Strategy of Campaigning explores the political careers of Ronald Reagan and Boris Ye1tsin, two of the most galvanizing and often controversial political figures of our time. Both men overcame defeat early in their political careers and rose to the highest elected offices in their respective countries. The authors demonstrate how and why Reagan and Yeltsin succeeded in their political aspirations, despite - or perhaps because of - their apparent "policy extremism": that is, their advocacy of policy positions far from the mainstream. The book analyzes the viability of policy extremism as a political strategy that enables candidates to forge new coalitions and outflank conventional political allegiances."--BOOK JACKET.