TY - BOOK ID - 85772067 TI - Building a business of politics PY - 2016 SN - 0190217219 0190217200 9780190217198 0190217197 9780190217204 9780190217211 PB - New York, NY DB - UniCat KW - Political consultants KW - Democracy KW - United States KW - Politics and government. KW - Government KW - History, Political KW - Political consultants - United States KW - Democracy - United States KW - United States - Politics and government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85772067 AB - Today, politics is big business. In Building a Business of Politics, a lively history of political consulting, Adam Sheingate examines the origins of the industry and its consequences for American democracy. He traces the history of political consultants from its origins in the publicity experts and pollsters of the 1920s and 1930s to the strategists and media specialists of the 1970s who transformed political campaigns into a highly profitable business. ER -