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This book examines the present and future of televised election debates, from the Nixon/Kennedy presidential debate of 1960 to the age of digital interactive multimedia. Stephen Coleman discusses the role of televised debate in a democratic culture; Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Christopher Adasiewicz examine its effects; Ian Ward and Mary Walsh consider the Australian leaders' debates within the context of the presidentialization of Australian politics; Shoshana Blum-Kulka and Tamar Liebes provide detailed content analysis of the Netanyahu/Peres televised debate and consider its pivotal role in the election for the Israeli premiership; Austin Mitchell asks why Britain has never had a televised debate between the party leaders; Richard Holme considers the case of third parties' participation in televised debates; Arnold Amber explains how he produced the Canadian debates; Helen Clark gives an account of her participation in the New Zealand leaders' debates; Diana Carlin examines debate-watching; and Julie Hall looks to the future of televised debate in a more strongly democratic society.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Political structure & processes

• Full title: Televised Election Debates
• Author: Stephen Coleman
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 211
• EAN: 9780333732632
• ISBN: 0333732634
• ID: 04598407
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Weight: 312 g
• Dimensions: 143 × 216 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. September 1999

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