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Virtues of Green Marketing
A Constructive Take on Corporate Rhetoric
Av Erik Bengtson, Oskar Mossberg
Inbunden, 2023
455 kr
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This open access book explores the idea that corporate rhetoric can be a force for good. In developing a new framework for analysis and discussion of green marketing, the authors argue that corporate environmental rhetoric can be harnessed to contribute to climate transition and a more sustainable …
Conflict, Co-operation and the Rhetoric of Coalition Government
Av Judi Atkins
Inbunden, 2018
1098 kr
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Through a rhetorical analysis, this book explores how the parties in a coalition government create a united public front while preserving their distinct identities. After proposing an original framework based on the ‘new rhetoric’ of Kenneth Burke, the author charts the path from the inconclusive …
Rhetoric in British Politics and Society
Av J. Atkins, A. Finlayson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1207 kr
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Although the art of rhetoric is central to the practice of politics it also plays an important role in civic and private life. Using Aristotelian notions of ethos, pathos and logos, this collection offers engaging discussions on everything from Prime Minister's Questions and Welsh devolution to …
On the Uses and Abuses of Political Apologies
Av Mihaela Mihai, Mathias Thaler m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
537 kr
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Examining the complex nature of state apologies for past injustices, this probes the various functions they fulfil within contemporary democracies. Cutting-edge theoretical and empirical research and insightful philosophical analyses are supplemented by real-life case studies, providing a normative …
Restorative Justice, Humanitarian Rhetorics, and Public Memories of Colonial Camp Cultures
Av Kenneth A. Loparo, Marouf Hasian, Jr. m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
569 kr
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The concentrations camps that existed in the colonised world at the turn of the 20th Century are a vivid reminder of the atrocities committed by imperial powers on indigenous populations. This study explores British, American and Spanish camp cultures, analysing debates over their legitimacy and …
Political Rhetoric and Oratory of Margaret Thatcher
Av Andrew S. Crines, Timothy Heppell m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1425 kr
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This book examines the political oratory, rhetoric and persona of Margaret Thatcher as a means of understanding her justifications for ‘Thatcherism’. The main arenas for consideration are set piece speeches to conference, media engagements, and Parliamentary orations. Thatcher’s rhetorical style is …
Violent Subjects and Rhetorical Cartography in the Age of the Terror Wars
Inbunden, 2016
1098 kr
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This work examines violence in the age of the terror wars with an eye toward the technologies of governance that create, facilitate, and circulate that violence. In performing a rhetorical cartography that explores the rise of the US armed drone program as well as moments of resistive violence that …
Democratic Orators from JFK to Barack Obama
Av Andrew S. Crines, David S. Moon m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
552 kr
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How do leading Democratic Party figures strive to communicate with and influence their audience? Why have some proven more successful than others in advancing their ideological arguments? How do orators seek to connect with different audiences in different settings such as the Senate, conventions …
Writing Neoliberal Values
Rhetorical Connectivities and Globalized Capitalism
Inbunden, 2015
552 kr
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This book examines human-interest stories, unpacking from them violence inherent to neoliberalism, and considers if it is possible to find in these stories hints of people and labour that suggest other narratives.
Debates, Rhetoric and Political Action
Practices of Textual Interpretation and Analysis
Av Claudia Wiesner, Taru Haapala m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1534 kr
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This book explicates how debates and documents can be understood, interpreted and analysed as political action. It offers the reader both a theoretical introduction and practical guidance. The authors deploy the perspective that debates are to be understood as political activity, and documents can …
Rhetoric in British Politics and Society
Av J. Atkins, A. Finlayson m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
1207 kr
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Although the art of rhetoric is central to the practice of politics it also plays an important role in civic and private life. Using Aristotelian notions of ethos, pathos and logos, this collection offers engaging discussions on everything from Prime Minister's Questions and Welsh devolution to …
On the Uses and Abuses of Political Apologies
Av Mihaela Mihai, Mathias Thaler
Häftad, 2014
552 kr
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Examining the complex nature of state apologies for past injustices, this probes the various functions they fulfil within contemporary democracies. Cutting-edge theoretical and empirical research and insightful philosophical analyses are supplemented by real-life case studies, providing a normative …
Restorative Justice, Humanitarian Rhetorics, and Public Memories of Colonial Camp Cultures
Av Jr. Hasian, Marouf, Kenneth A. Loparo m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
569 kr
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The concentrations camps that existed in the colonised world at the turn of the 20th Century are a vivid reminder of the atrocities committed by imperial powers on indigenous populations. This study explores British, American and Spanish camp cultures, analysing debates over their legitimacy and …
Democratic Orators from JFK to Barack Obama
Av Andrew S. Crines, David S. Moon m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
552 kr
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How do leading Democratic Party figures strive to communicate with and influence their audience? Why have some proven more successful than others in advancing their ideological arguments? How do orators seek to connect with different audiences in different settings such as the Senate, conventions …
Political Theory between Philosophy and Rhetoric
Politics as Transcendence and Contingency
Inbunden, 2017
1207 kr
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This book explores the significance of rhetoric from the perspective of its complex relationship with philosophy. It demonstrates how this relationship gives expression to a basic tension at the core of politics: that between the contingency of its happening and the transcendence toward which it …
Political Theory between Philosophy and Rhetoric
Politics as Transcendence and Contingency
Häftad, 2018
1207 kr
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This book explores the significance of rhetoric from the perspective of its complex relationship with philosophy. It demonstrates how this relationship gives expression to a basic tension at the core of politics: that between the contingency of its happening and the transcendence toward which it …
Speechwriting in Theory and Practice
Av Jens E. Kjeldsen, Amos Kiewe m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
356 kr
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This book provides students, researchers, and practitioners of speechwriting with a unique insight in the theory, history, and practice of speechwriting. The combination of theory and practice with case studies from the United States and Europe makes this volume the first of its kind. The book …
Parliamentary Thinking
Procedure, Rhetoric and Time
Av Kari Palonen
Häftad, 2019
1207 kr
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The parliamentary style of politics has been formed over centuries; nobody theorised it in advance. This book presents a thought experiment to spell out key principles of the parliamentary ideal type of politics. Max Weber offers the main intellectual inspiration, Westminster parliament provides …
Rhetoric and the Global Turn in Higher Education
Häftad, 2019
1067 kr
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This book studies the role of rhetoric in the expansive movement for global higher education in U.S. colleges and universities. Drawing on an analysis of how discourses of security, economy, and ethics shape the rhetoric of global higher education, as well as that of its populist and nationalist …
Platforms, Protests, and the Challenge of Networked Democracy
Inbunden, 2020
1207 kr
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This book examines the recent evolution of online spaces and their impact on networked democracy. Through an illuminating mix of theoretical and methodological analysis, contributors provide an understanding of how a range of individuals and groups, including activists and NGOs, governments and …
Platforms, Protests, and the Challenge of Networked Democracy
Häftad, 2021
1207 kr
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This book examines the recent evolution of online spaces and their impact on networked democracy. Through an illuminating mix of theoretical and methodological analysis, contributors provide an understanding of how a range of individuals and groups, including activists and NGOs, governments and …
Donald Trump and the Kayfabe Presidency
Professional Wrestling Rhetoric in the White House
Inbunden, 2020
607 kr
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This book examines Donald Trump's longstanding connections to professional wrestling in relation to how he uses and exploits language, and the ways in which he has weaponized going public never before seen in previous administrations. Trump utilizes the language of wrestling to make rhetorical …
Donald Trump and the Kayfabe Presidency
Professional Wrestling Rhetoric in the White House
Häftad, 2021
607 kr
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This book examines Donald Trump's longstanding connections to professional wrestling in relation to how he uses and exploits language, and the ways in which he has weaponized going public never before seen in previous administrations. Trump utilizes the language of wrestling to make rhetorical …
Post-Truth, Post-Press, Post-Europe
Euroscepticism and the Crisis of Political Communication
Inbunden, 2020
1425 kr
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This book explores whether a beleaguered press in recent years has been developing an emotive, Eurosceptic post-truth rhetoric of its own – competing for attention with populist politicians. These politicians now by-pass the media, talking directly to their publics in blogs, on Twitter and …
Post-Truth, Post-Press, Post-Europe
Euroscepticism and the Crisis of Political Communication
Häftad, 2021
1425 kr
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This book explores whether a beleaguered press in recent years has been developing an emotive, Eurosceptic post-truth rhetoric of its own – competing for attention with populist politicians. These politicians now by-pass the media, talking directly to their publics in blogs, on Twitter and …
Political, Public and Media Discourses from Indyref to Brexit
The Divisive Language of Union
Inbunden, 2021
716 kr
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This book focuses on the language of two unions (the United Kingdom and the European Union), tracing the emergence of divisive discourses from indyref to Brexit. It explains the background to the creation of these unions and summarizes recent political events that have brought their future into …
Political, Public and Media Discourses from Indyref to Brexit
The Divisive Language of Union
Häftad, 2022
716 kr
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This book focuses on the language of two unions (the United Kingdom and the European Union), tracing the emergence of divisive discourses from indyref to Brexit. It explains the background to the creation of these unions and summarizes recent political events that have brought their future into …
Cinema of Hopelessness
The Rhetoric of Rage in 21st Century Popular Culture
Inbunden, 2021
736 kr
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This book explores the circulation of anger and hostility in contemporary American culture with particular attention to the fantasy of refusal, a dream of rejecting all the structures of the contemporary political and economic system. Framing the question of public sentiment through the lens of …
Populist Rhetorics
Case Studies and a Minimalist Definition
Av Christian Kock, Lisa Villadsen
Inbunden, 2022
1534 kr
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This book proposes a unified approach to populism that sees it as a primarily rhetorical concept. Populism is on the rise worldwide with both populist leaders and movements gaining power, and the term “populism” resounds in political debate, journalism, and scholarship. Populism as a phenomenon …
Populist Rhetorics
Case Studies and a Minimalist Definition
Av Christian Kock, Lisa Villadsen
Häftad, 2023
1534 kr
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This book proposes a unified approach to populism that sees it as a primarily rhetorical concept. Populism is on the rise worldwide with both populist leaders and movements gaining power, and the term “populism” resounds in political debate, journalism, and scholarship. Populism as a phenomenon …
