Demanding Democracy - 9780268008734

Demanding DemocracyAuthor(s): Robert Schmuhl\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Notre Dame Press, United States\nImprint: University of Notre Dame Press\nISBN-13: 9780268008734, 978-0268008734\nSynopsis\nPublic interest in the 1992 presidential campaign resulted in the highest electoral turnout since the heated, war-focused 1968 race involving Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, and George Wallace. In Demanding Democracy Robert Schmuhl examines the unparalleled interplay among citizens, political figures, and the media during the 1992 election year, arguing that a number of eventsthe hunger of an angry electorate for answers to their problems, the backlash against the sound-bites and negative spots of 1988, the impact of the \""New News\"" with its proliferation of sources for political information, and Ross Perot's emergence as a presidential candidateresulted in the people reshaping political institutions and the media as they demanded a more proximate and participatory democra.