{"product_id":"spin-and-win-how-politicians-get-elected","title":"Spin and Win: How Politicians get Elected","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anton Savage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 01-09-2008\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description      \nYou're an aspiring politician, desperate to be selected as a candidate. You're a sitting TD, desperate to be re-elected. You're a party leader or a party whip. You're a press secretary in Dublin, a tallyman in west Cork or a keen observer of the Irish electoral process who makes use of all the preferences on the ballot paper on polling day. Whoever you are this book is for you. In Spin and Win Anton Savage, a comunications consultant of considerable experience, explodes some of the myths surrounding politicians (that clothes maketh the man, that body language can be reliably read, that all politicians are liars) and draws interesting comparisons with other electoral systems, notably the US. He demolishes the myth of focus groups, brings the reader behind the hilarious scenes at ard-fheiseanna and suggests that politicians are harder-working and more put-upon than many of their constituents realise. But their real job is to get re-elected and it is in describing the myths surrounding that relentless preoccupation that Spin and Win excels.\n      About the Author      \nAnton Savage, a broadcaster and communications consultant, is Managing Director of the Communications Clinic in Dublin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781856079495\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45448836219111,"sku":"3J-P4Q5-FOTF","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/products\/51fjqdvz3lL.jpg?v=1669207733","url":"https:\/\/www.pigeonhousebooks.com\/products\/spin-and-win-how-politicians-get-elected","provider":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}