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An engaging history of electioneering in Britain from the eighteenth century to the present, highlighting how the television age has altered the interaction of politicians and public and asking what the media must now do to reinvigorate public politics. - ;In this engagingly written history of electioneering in Britain from the eighteenth century to the present, Jon Lawrence explores the changing relationship between politicians and public. Throughout this period, he argues, British politics has been characterized by bruising public rituals intended to bestow legitimacy on politicians by oblig.

History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- anno 1800-1999 --- Elections --- History. --- Histoire --- Great Britain --- Grande-Bretagne --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- Political campaigns --- Campaigns, Election --- Campaigns, Political --- Election campaigns --- Electioneering --- Electoral politics --- Negative campaigns --- Politics, Practical --- History --- POLITICAL SCIENCE --- Elections. --- Political campaigns. --- Politics and government. --- Political Process --- General. --- 1700-1999. --- Great Britain.