Campaign Talk: Why Elections Are Good for Us.(Review) (book review)

By Roderick P. Hart. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000. 328p. $29.95.

The United States has just concluded another presidential nominating season. Judging from television ratings for the conventions, comments of pundits, and public opinion polls, America's utter disdain for presidential campaigns seems to be in full swing. Amid all the criticism and apathy, I had the distinct pleasure of reading this book. It mounts a vigorous defense of campaigns and the language used to conduct them. It undertakes this defense with an impressive array of data and theory and makes ...

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