Richard R. Lau is professor of political science and director of the Walt Whitman Center for the Study of Elections, Campaigns, and Democracy at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. He is also a member of the Institute of Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers. Gerald M. Pomper is Board of Governors Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Rutgers University and the Eagleton Institute of Politics in New Brunswick.

• Chapter 1 The Problem of Negative CampaigningChapter 2 The Literature of Negative CampaigningChapter 3 Who Uses Negative Campaigning?Chapter 4 The Effectiveness of Negative CampaigningChapter 5 Negative Campaigning in Open-Seat ContestsChapter 6 Effects of Negative Campaigning on the Political SystemChapter 7 Normative Thoughts on Negative CampaigningChapter 8 Appendix A. Description of Studies Included in the Meta-AnalysisChapter 9 Appendix B. Data and Methods

A timely analysisssss

Richard R. Lau is professor of political science and director of the Walt Whitman Center for the Study of Elections, Campaigns, and Democracy at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. He is also a member of the Institute of Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers. Gerald M. Pomper is Board of Governors Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Rutgers University and the Eagleton Institute of Politics in New Brunswick.

• Chapter 1 The Problem of Negative CampaigningChapter 2 The Literature of Negative CampaigningChapter 3 Who Uses Negative Campaigning?Chapter 4 The Effectiveness of Negative CampaigningChapter 5 Negative Campaigning in Open-Seat ContestsChapter 6 Effects of Negative Campaigning on the Political SystemChapter 7 Normative Thoughts on Negative CampaigningChapter 8 Appendix A. Description of Studies Included in the Meta-AnalysisChapter 9 Appendix B. Data and Methods

A timely analysisssss

Richard R. Lau is professor of political science and director of the Walt Whitman Center for the Study of Elections, Campaigns, and Democracy at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. He is also a member of the Institute of Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers. Gerald M. Pomper is Board of Governors Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Rutgers University and the Eagleton Institute of Politics in New Brunswick.

• Chapter 1 The Problem of Negative CampaigningChapter 2 The Literature of Negative CampaigningChapter 3 Who Uses Negative Campaigning?Chapter 4 The Effectiveness of Negative CampaigningChapter 5 Negative Campaigning in Open-Seat ContestsChapter 6 Effects of Negative Campaigning on the Political SystemChapter 7 Normative Thoughts on Negative CampaigningChapter 8 Appendix A. Description of Studies Included in the Meta-AnalysisChapter 9 Appendix B. Data and Methods

A timely analysisssss