Philippe J. Maarek is a professor of information and communication science at the University of Paris East. He chairs the Section of Political Communication Research of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), and is former chair of the Research Committee in Political Communication of the International Political Science Association (IPSA). He is the founder and director of the Center for Comparative Studies in Political and Public Communication and is co-founder and former director of the Public and Political Communication Department at the University of Paris-East. He is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Press/Politics, European Journal of Communication, Central European Journal of Communication, the Spanish-language Estudios de Comunicacion Politica, and the Italian-language Communicazione Politica. Maarek is the author of Communication et Marketing de l'Homme Politique, (2007), and La Communication des élections présidentielles de 2007, participation ou représentation? (2009).
This book provides a detailed and highly valuable account ofthe organizational processes that are driving these trends, butwith important critical insights into improving the civic efficacyof political marketing. (European Journal ofCommunication, 1 February 2013) Maarek, Professor of Information and Communication Sciences atthe Paris-East University, has authored various writings onpolitical marketing, though this is perhaps his most comprehensivebook on the subject to appear in English... This is anextensively well-researched and thorough book dealing with everylevel and stage of political campaigning. (The London School ofEconomics & Political Science, 7 August 2011)