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5 produkter
Founding Fictions
E-bok, 2010
682 kr
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An extended analysis of how Americans imagined themselves as citizens between 1764 and 1845 Founding Fictions develops the concept of a “political fiction,” or a narrative that people tell about their own political theories, and analyzes how republican and democratic fictions positioned American …
Columns to Characters
The Presidency and the Press Enter the Digital Age
Av Peter Baker, Martha Joynt Kumar m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
486 kr
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The relationship between the presidency and the press has transformed—seemingly overnight—from one where reports and columns were filed, edited, and deliberated for hours before publication into a brave new world where texts, tweets, and sound bites race from composition to release within a matter …
Demagogue for President
The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump
Inbunden, 2020
317 kr
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Historic levels of polarization, a disaffected and frustrated electorate, and widespread distrust of government, the news media, and traditional political leadership set the stage in 2016 for an unexpected, unlikely, and unprecedented presidential contest. Donald Trump's campaign speeches and other …
Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations
Establishing the Obama Presidency
Av Justin S. Vaughn, Jennifer R. Mercieca
Inbunden, 2014
565 kr
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Campaign rhetoric helps candidates to get elected, but its effects last well beyond the counting of the ballots; this was perhaps never truer than in Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. Did Obama create such high expectations that they actually hindered his ability to enact his agenda? Should we judge …
Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations
Establishing the Obama Presidency
Av Justin S. Vaughn, Jennifer R. Mercieca
Häftad, 2014
272 kr
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Campaign rhetoric helps candidates to get elected, but its effects last well beyond the counting of the ballots; this was perhaps never truer than in Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. Did Obama create such high expectations that they actually hindered his ability to enact his agenda? Should we judge …
