This book investigates the ideological conditions bringing political actors to highlight corruption issues through valence campaigns. Using case studies and comparative analyses of party programmes, legislatives speeches and social media data, the author demonstrates that the more parties and/or candidates present a similar policy program, the more they rely on valence campaigns. In other words, as the ideologies of parties continue to appear more and more alike over recent decades, the content of political competition substantially shifts from policy to non-policy factors, such as corruption issues. These dynamics, and the underpinning ideological considerations, also provide a novel perspective on recent phenomena in contemporary democracies, such as the growth of negative campaigning as well as populist strategies based on anti-elite rhetoric. The book will appeal to students and scholars interested in political corruption, valence politics, and electoral campaigning.
- ISBN: 978-3-319-56734-1
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Fecha Publicación: 22/09/2017
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés