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Going Dirty : The Art of Negative Campaigning Hardcover – March 19, 2006
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- Print length288 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Publication dateMarch 19, 2006
- Dimensions6.26 x 0.92 x 9.32 inches
- ISBN-100742545008
- ISBN-13978-0742545007
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A must-read for anyone interested in the negative ads that have come to dominate our campaigns. -- Robert M. Stern, Center for Government Studies
For the serious student of political campaigns, this book includes nearly everything you wanted to know about negative campaigning and has some very interesting case studies as tactics changed during the the television and Internet era. A chapter titled 'What Good Old Days' reminds us that negative campaigning is an American tradition. Recommended. ― Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
The next time opposing candidates accuse each other of negative campaigning―which should be any minute now―you'll want Going Dirty within easy reach. David Mark's lively and meticulous history will help you distinguish what's hard and fair from what's over the line. -- Dr. Michael Cornfield, scholar, consultant, author of Politics Moves Online: Campaigning and the Internet
Negative campaigning―the public hates it, the press loves it, the candidates need it. And David Mark has documented it from A (attack) to Z (zonk) in this creative compendium of dirty politics, past, present, and future. -- Larry J. Sabato, University of Virginia Center for Politics
Going Dirty explores [the] long history of negative campaigning, recounting both familiar episodes (Willie Horton, anyone?) and those readers may have forgotten. The recurring theme is that well-timed, adroitly executed attacks are often effective; sloppy tactics by campaigns that misunderstand the electorate tend to elicit backlashes. ... [David] Mark doesn’t argue that people who are tired of watching negative ads can read his book instead. But if he did, it wouldn’t be such a bad idea. -- W. James Antle III ― National Review
...essential history of negative campaigning in American politics, and how candidates use the technique, with varying degrees of success. -- Ken Rudin ― Political Junkie, National Public Radio
Going Dirty is a nonjudgemental, thorough, insider's history of an undeniably strong aspect of the American political institution, and highly recommended. ― Midwest Book Review
Recommended. -- 2006 ― Choice Reviews
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- Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; First Edition (March 19, 2006)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 288 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0742545008
- ISBN-13 : 978-0742545007
- Item Weight : 1.11 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.26 x 0.92 x 9.32 inches
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Most of the book is filled with case studies of where negative ads were used, and while primarily contemporary (starting in the 1950's), it also goes back a century helping show how it all evolved. The book only considers campaigns in the US but the author does a good job of looking at campaigns across the country (and political spectrum), critiquing those who might think that any set strategy could work without taking into account the people and area.
While most of the book feels like more of a history of negative campaigning near the end it goes into more analysis. (Ironically the author's analysis starts in a chapter talking about negative campaigns that failed). Though I found the book intriguing I would have liked it to have focused more specific tactics of negative campaigns, and less of a history of them. Too much of the book just reads like a history lesson rather than a real analysis. I still had some questions floating in my head about negative campaigning (how it wears on the public, it's ebbs and flows, possibilities for the future, etc) that I wish had been answered by the book, but perhaps I'll just need to read the authors follow up work.
David Mark writes in an engaging style and does not go into more detail than needed. Almost everything is sourced (unique for political books) and you can get into the weeds if you wish.
Highly highly recommended.