Intimate Politics

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It is often remarked that politicians' private lives arebecoming a feature of political communication in many advancedindustrial democracies. However, there have so far been nogenuinely comparative studies examining the personalized nature ofpolitical communication. Intimate Politics provides for thefirst time a systematic comparative analysis of such developmentsin Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK and the US.Drawing on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, itassesses the extent to which the private lives of politicians havebecome a feature of political communication in each democracy. Thebook provides a comprehensive account of the shifting boundariesbetween the public and private, and whether any developments areuniversal or more advanced in some democracies than others, andseeks to explain why this might be. Intimate Politics willbe of great value for students and scholars of communication andmedia studies and political science and is required reading foranyone who wants a fuller understanding of the transformation ofmediated politics in advanced industrial democracies.

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James Stanyer

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Communication & Media Studies Kommunikation u. Medienforschung Mediensoziologie Political Science Politics & the Media Politik u. Medien Politikwissenschaft Sociology Sociology of the Media Soziologie

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'An extremely useful book for those who are interested in theworld beyond the level of bar-room gossip.' MorningStar 'Stanyer has delivered a highly persuasive evidence-basedstudy, creatively developed and carried out, drawing on arange of data sets inventively designed to compare how far theprivate lives of politicians are reported in seven countries. In myview, Intimate Politics has genuine international relevanceand should be considered the benchmark study for futurescholarship.' Journalism Studies 'Stanyer's treatment of the phenomenon of"intimization" is data-rich, conceptually mature andseveral-sided. He systematically examines it by genre, over anextended time span and, in a revealing comparative analysis, acrossseven advanced democracies. Intimate Politics is likely tobe the definitive treatment of its subject for years tocome.' Jay Blumler, University of Leeds 'For the first time, intimization and popularization are dealtwith using hard data, showing that they are not just in the mindsof scholars but that they represent tendencies that have emerged inseveral countries worldwide. Our democracies are facing at the sametime new strategies on the part of politicians and also alreadywell-rooted journalistic routines.' Paolo Mancini, Università di Perugia
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