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Political marketing management and theories of democracy

Henneberg, Stephan C., Scammell, Margaret and O'Shaughnessy, Nicholas J. (2009) Political marketing management and theories of democracy. Marketing Theory, 9 (2). pp. 165-188. ISSN 1470-5931

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Identification Number: 10.1177/1470593109103060

Abstract

Political marketing management is often criticized for devaluing democratic processes. However, no literature exists which outlines different concepts of democracies and systematically juxtaposes them with political marketing management in its varied conceptual and practical facets. In this article, we outline three different perspectives, i.e. a selling-oriented, an instrumentally-oriented, and a relational political marketing management, and analyse their compatibility with two different concepts of democracy, specifically competitive elitism and deliberative democracy. We discuss implications of political marketing vis-à-vis the theory of democracy as well as necessary further research. We find that while certain political marketing management perspectives are associated with different theories of democracy, the current normal paradigm of marketing theory shows the least overlap with democratic theories.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://mtq.sagepub.com/
Additional Information: © 2009 SAGE Publications
Divisions: Media and Communications
Subjects: J Political Science > JC Political theory
Date Deposited: 14 Apr 2010 10:40
Last Modified: 15 Oct 2024 19:12
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/27727

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