A book series that examines the questions and issues at the heart of American democracy

 

Media & Public Affairs, a book series published by LSU Press and the Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs at the Manship School of Mass Communication, LSU, explores the complex relationship between knowledge and power in our democracy.  Books in this series examine what citizens and public officials know, where they get their information, how they use that information to act and the difference it makes in our government and society.

Now Available

Money, Power, and Elections: How Campaign Finance Reform Subverts American Democracy by Rodney A. Smith, Smith, Inc.

Rewiring Politics: Presidential Nominating Conventions in the Media Age edited by Costas Panagopoulos

The result of the 2005 Breaux Symposium, From Pigeons to News Portals, edited by David Perlmutter and John Maxwell Hamilton. 

Most of the titles are no more than 250 pages, written in declarative, non-academic style. Stress is placed on applied lessons and practical advocacy; we favor titles that emphasize turning ideas into actions.

Send proposals and manuscripts to Series Editor, Bob Mann at bookseries@lsu.edu