The Routledge Handbook of Political Campaigning

The Routledge Handbook of Political Campaigning provides an essential, global and timely overview of current realities, as well as anticipating the trajectory and evolution of campaigning in the coming years. Offering a comprehensive analysis, the handbook is structured into seven thematic sections, including: the campaign environment; rhetoric and persuasion; campaign strategies; campaign tactics and platform affordances; news and journalism; citizens and voters; and civil society. Chapters within each section reflects on the latest societal, technological, and cultural developments and their impact on campaigning, on democratic culture within societies, and the roles that campaigns might play in both facilitating or impeding political engagement. Key trends and innovations are examined alongside case studies and examples from a range of nations and political contexts. Issues around trust and representation are further reflected in a focus on the wider campaigning environment and the rise in importance of grassroots and pressure groups, social movements, and movements that coalesce within digital environments. The Routledge Handbook of Political Campaigning is an essential resource for scholars, students and practitioners in political communication, media and communication, elections and voting behaviour, digital media, journalism, social movements, strategic communication, social media and more broadly to democracy, sociology, and public policy.