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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966379003321

Titolo

In the public domain : presidents and the challenges  of public leadership / / edited by Lori Cox Han and Diane J.  Heith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2005

ISBN

9780791482605

079148260X

9781423747864

1423747860

Descrizione fisica

xii, 293 p

Collana

SUNY series on the presidency

Altri autori (Persone)

HanLori Cox

HeithDiane J

Disciplina

973.92

Soggetti

Presidents - United States - Public opinion

Political leadership - United States

Political planning - United States

Executive power - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The president and the public revisited / Doris A. Graber -- Celebrity-in-chief : the president as a pop culture icon / Michael A. Genovese -- Party labels in presidential acceptance addresses, 1948-2000 / Sharon E. Jarvis and Emily Balanoff Jones -- What gets covered? : how media coverage of elite debate drives the rally-'round-the-flag phenomenon, 1979-1998 / Matthew A. Baum and Tim Groeling -- The White House public opinion apparatus meets the anti-polling president / Diane J. Heith -- Presidential leverage and the presidential agenda, 1967-1996 / Daniel E. Ponder -- Second term presidents : free birds or lame ducks? / William Cunion -- Presidential ideology and the public mood, 1956-1994 / Jeffrey E. Cohen and John A. Hamman -- The Rose Garden strategy revisited : how presidents use public activities / Lori Cox Han -- Doing diversity across the partisan divide : George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and the American national identity / Mary E. Stuckey -- A president transformed : Bush's pre and post-9/11 rhetoric and image / Jeremy D. Mayer and Mark J. Rozell -- Life after the White



House : the public post-presidency and the development of presidential legacies / Lori Cox Han and Matthew J. Krov -- Not going public : George W. Bush and the Presidential Records Act / Nancy Kassop.

Sommario/riassunto

The "public presidency"—how presidents rely on the mass media, public opinion, and various communication strategies—has become an increasingly important aspect of presidential governance and leadership during the past two decades. In the Public Domain gathers together noted presidency and communication scholars to explore the relationship between the president and the American public, the current state of the "public presidency," and the challenges that recent presidents have faced in developing an effective means of communicating and maintaining a strong presidential image. Specific topics include: how presidents use public leadership to pursue their policy goals and objectives; the importance of public opinion, rhetorical strategies, and public activities; external factors such as party politics and news media coverage; the cultivation of presidential legacy; and access to documents in presidential libraries.