The rhetoric of social intervention : an introduction / / Susan K. Opt, Mark Gring

• Autore: Opt Susan K
• Pubblicazione: Los Angeles, Calif., : Sage Publications, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 258 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 303.401
• Soggetto topico: Rhetoric; Social change; Social problems
• Altri autori: GringMark Andrew <1959->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Foreword; Preface; Section I - The Rhetoric of Social Intervention Model; Chapter 1 - Rhetoric as Social Intervention; Chapter 2 - Naming as Social Intervention; Chapter 3 - Systemic Naming as Social Intervention; Chapter 4 - Widening Circles of Intervention; Chapter 5 - Process and Practice of RSI Criticism; Chapter 6 - Process and Practice of Intervention; Section II - RSI Criticism Essays; Essay 1 - From Count Them Out to Count Us In: Renaming the Expectancies of Down Syndrome ; Essay 2 - ""The Lady's Not for Turning"": Margaret Thatcher's Attention InterventionEssay 3 - The Butterflies' Rhetorical Challenge: The Choices of Social Interveners; Essay 4 - Born to Power: Influence in the Rhetoric of the Posse Comitatus; Glossary; Additional Readings; References; Index; About the Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: This text presents a thorough exploration and discussion of the rhetorical model of social intervention for today's students and scholars. The communication-based model provides students with a systemic framework for interpreting, analyzing and critiquing social and cultural change from a rhetorical perspective.
• Titolo autorizzato: The rhetoric of social intervention
• ISBN: 1-4522-7493-2; 1-4522-1523-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819443803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II