Everything You Think You Know About Politics...and Why You're Wrong

by Kathleen Hall Jamieson

Here, at last, is the book for anyone who ever wondered how the media extravaganzas we call political campaigns really work. Everything You Think You Know About Politics…and Why You're Wrong explores why the American public, seemingly so eager for "unspun" information about candidates and their positions, invariably ends up feeling manipulated by our political process.Challenging the reader with strategically placed quizzes, well-known commentator on the media and politics Kathleen Hall Jamieson surveys the existing public record on voting patterns, campaign promises, and all manner of electioneering and comes up with an engaging mix of analysis, surprising factoids, and political cartoons. This book separates the facts from the convenient fictions that deter Americans from caring about the processes and outcomes of elections.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction

320 pages, Paperback

First published November 7, 2000

Reviews

[Kirt · Rating 2 out of 5]

Save time: Read the last paragraph of each chapter, then skim the final chapter. More than that is torture unless you are a fanatic enthusiast of statistical methods and political ads of a previous century.