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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Smith, Craig Allen, 1949 Feb. 4- White House speaks. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1994 (OCoLC)607810832 Online version: Smith, Craig Allen, 1949 Feb. 4- White House speaks. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1994 (OCoLC)623015349 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Craig Allen Smith; Kathy B Smith |
| ISBN: | 0275943941 9780275943943 |
| OCLC Number: | 28801170 |
| Description: | xvi, 263 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Presidential Leadership as Persuasion -- 2. The Interpretive Systems Approach to Presidential Leadership -- 3. The Coalitionless President and the Pardons -- 4. The Politics of Division -- 5. Narrative Conflict and the Panama Canal Treaties -- 6. Political Jeremiads from the Bully Pulpit -- 7. Presidential Mobilization for Sacrifice -- 8. The Presidency in Rhetorical Crisis -- 9. Conclusions: Presidential Leadership in the 1990s |
| Series Title: | Praeger series in political communication. |
| Responsibility: | Craig Allen Smith and Kathy B. Smith. |
Abstract:
This work treats presidential leadership as persuasive communication. The major theories of presidential leadership found in the literature establish the central role of persuasion, and introduce the interpretive systems approach to political communication as a theoretical framework for the study of presidential leadership as persuasion. Case studies examine recent presidents' use of public persuasion to perform their leadership functions. Particular attention is devoted to coalitional constraints on presidential pardoning rhetoric, presidential leadership through the politics of division, the political significance of conflicting political narratives, the sermonic nature of much 20th-century presidential discourse, the difficulties inherent in persuading the public to make sacrifices, and the dangers of relying too heavily on public rhetoric. The concluding chapter considers the rhetoric that contributed to the demise of the Bush presidency, the election of Bill Clinton, and the challenges facing the Clinton presidency.
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- Presidents -- United States.
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- Political leadership -- United States.
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- Présidents -- États-Unis.
- Présidents -- États-Unis -- Messages.
- Leadership politique -- États-Unis.
- Éloquence politique -- États-Unis.
- Discours politique -- États-Unis.
- USA -- Präsident
- Politische Führung
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