Suchergebnisse

Creating citizenship in a republic, 1800/1840/1852 -- Looking backward during the nation's centennial, 1876 -- Introducing the politics of fear to the twentieth century, 1924 -- The veneer of civility : the subtle politics of racism, 1968 -- The southern strategy goes bipartisan, 1992 -- It doesn't get more deplorable than this, 2016 -- Afterword : or maybe it does - a few words about 2020.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Roosevelt and the 1936 Election -- 1. Creating Public Opinion, Muting the Public's Voice -- 2. Empowering the Public, Privileging the Candidate -- 3. Mobilizing the Vote, Containing the Public -- 4. Speaking for the Public, Empowering the Presidency -- Conclusion: The Mass Public and the Presidency -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Introduction: answering the call : creating political vocabularies -- By benefit of clergy : authoritative political vocabularies -- Witnessing politics : the depictive element of political vocabularies -- Revelations : naturalizing political vocabularies -- The American Eden : mythic elements of political vocabularies -- Making a city on a hill : political vocabularies and national policy -- Conclusion : creating a democratic ecclesia through shared political vocabularies

Presidents have always wielded rhetoric as a tool of governance-and that rhetoric was always intended to facilitate political ends, such as image building, persuasion of the mass public, and inter-branch government persuasion. This briefing book offers a succinct reflection on the ways in which historical developments have encouraged the use of political rhetoric and how it can be used to our advantage

Cover Page -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Communicating the Presidency -- 1 The Public, the Media, and the Presidency -- 2 Rhetoric from an Institutional Perspective -- 3 Managing Rhetorical Opportunities -- Conclusion: Presidents and Their Rhetoric -- Bibliography

AbstractBy extending the personalized presidency from the institution to the individual president while undercutting the bureaucracy's reliance on expertise and by attacking democratic norms and values, Donald Trump undermined both the executive as an institution and his own ability to govern. These elements of his presidential rhetoric are clarified with reference to Trump's relationships with the media, the executive branch, and the mass public, and are distilled in his handling of the global pandemic.

AbstractPresidents are both individual agents who make rhetorical and political choices and discursive nodes through which political discourse circulates. As both agents and nodes, when presidents engage in educative, vituperative, and performative rhetoric, they are positioned to influence the form and content of the national discourse. Donald Trump largely eschews educative rhetoric. He depends heavily on vitriol, primarily using demeaning language, false equivalency, and exclusion. As an individual actor, these tactics characterize his rhetoric. As a discursive node, the effects are far more broad ranging, circulating and reinforcing deleterious language in both form and content. Trump's example indicates that scholars of the presidency and presidential rhetoric need to think differently about presidential language as it circulates and influences broader political processes.

Roderick Hart provides a useful set of criteria through which he argues we can better assess elections and their usefulness to democracy. While finding some points of agreement with Hart's assessment of the 2016 election, this essay takes up the question of whether his criteria advance our understanding of elections as contributing to the practice of rhetorical and political judgment.