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Something alien? The limits of U.S. influence in UK campaigns

The campaign consulting business in the United States is the largest in the world and has had some success in globally exporting its expertise in terms of both personnel and technique. This paper reflects on the so-called “Americanization” of British elections and draws attention to some of the sign...

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Main Author: Dominic Wring
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Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/25056
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spelling rr-article-94733692017-01-01T00:00:00Z Something alien? The limits of U.S. influence in UK campaigns Dominic Wring (1253772) Other human society not elsewhere classified Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified British politics Election campaigning Campaign consultants Americanization Public intellectuals Marketing history Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified The campaign consulting business in the United States is the largest in the world and has had some success in globally exporting its expertise in terms of both personnel and technique. This paper reflects on the so-called “Americanization” of British elections and draws attention to some of the significant landmarks in the relationship between strategists in the two countries. The discussion does, however, identify the limitations of this idea as an organizing concept for understanding how election campaigning has developed in the United Kingdom. 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/25056 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Something_alien_The_limits_of_U_S_influence_in_UK_campaigns/9473369 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
spellingShingle Other human society not elsewhere classified
Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified
British politics
Election campaigning
Campaign consultants
Americanization
Public intellectuals
Marketing history
Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified
Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
Dominic Wring
Something alien? The limits of U.S. influence in UK campaigns
title Something alien? The limits of U.S. influence in UK campaigns
title_full Something alien? The limits of U.S. influence in UK campaigns
title_fullStr Something alien? The limits of U.S. influence in UK campaigns
title_full_unstemmed Something alien? The limits of U.S. influence in UK campaigns
title_short Something alien? The limits of U.S. influence in UK campaigns
title_sort something alien? the limits of u.s. influence in uk campaigns
topic Other human society not elsewhere classified
Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified
British politics
Election campaigning
Campaign consultants
Americanization
Public intellectuals
Marketing history
Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified
Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
url https://hdl.handle.net/2134/25056