Zusatztext In this important book Daniel Kreiss argues that we have entered a technology-intensive era of presidential campaigningone requiring fluid networks of experts and novices, transforming national parties into databases, and evoking the socially-embedded politics of a century ago. Skillfully combining data and interpretation, Kreiss traces these changes to the way two decades of electoral outcomes were differentially understood by the Democratic and Republican parties. Informationen zum Autor Daniel Kreiss is Associate Professor in the School of Media and Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an affiliate faculty fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. Klappentext Drawing on an innovative dataset of the professional careers of 628 presidential campaign staffers working in technology from 2004-2012 and interviews with more than 60 staffers, Prototype Politics details how and explains why the Democrats have taken up technology more than Republicans over the past decade. Zusammenfassung Drawing on an innovative dataset of the professional careers of 628 presidential campaign staffers working in technology from 2004-2012 and interviews with more than 60 staffers, Prototype Politics details how and explains why the Democrats have taken up technology more than Republicans over the past decade. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Party Networks and Political Innovation Chapter 2: The Grand Old Party: Innovations From the Edge to Center Chapter 3: Republican Party Inertia in a Changed Political Context Chapter 4: The Aftermath of McCain's Defeat Chapter 5: Reelecting the President Chapter 6: Old Paths and New Beginnings Chapter 7: The Dynamics of Technology-intensive Campaigning Methodological Appendix: Studying Technology and Politics Notes Bibliography Index

Autorentext
Daniel Kreiss is Associate Professor in the School of Media and Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an affiliate faculty fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.

Klappentext

Drawing on an innovative dataset of the professional careers of 628 presidential campaign staffers working in technology from 2004-2012 and interviews with more than 60 staffers, Prototype Politics details how and explains why the Democrats have taken up technology more than Republicans over the past decade.

Inhalt

• Acknowledgments

• Chapter 1: Party Networks and Political Innovation

• Chapter 2: The Grand Old Party: Innovations From the Edge to Center

• Chapter 3: Republican Party Inertia in a Changed Political Context

• Chapter 4: The Aftermath of McCain's Defeat

• Chapter 5: Reelecting the President

• Chapter 6: Old Paths and New Beginnings

• Chapter 7: The Dynamics of Technology-intensive Campaigning

• Methodological Appendix: Studying Technology and Politics

• Notes

• Bibliography

• Index