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Autore: | Drury Jeffrey P. Mehltretter |
Titolo: | Speaking with the people's voice : how presidents invoke public opinion / / Jeffrey P. Mehltretter Drury |
Pubblicazione: | College Station, [Texas] : , : Texas A&M University Press, , 2014 |
©2014 | |
Edizione: | First edition. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
Disciplina: | 320.97301/4 |
Soggetto topico: | Communication in politics - United States |
Political leadership - United States | |
Persuasion (Rhetoric) - Political aspects - United States | |
Presidents - United States | |
Political oratory - United States | |
Public opinion - United States | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | The symbolic sovereignty of the people -- Driving the bandwagon -- Hail (to) the people -- Political correctives -- The presidential balancing act -- Notes. |
Sommario/riassunto: | The role of public opinion in American democracy has been a central concern of scholars who frequently examine how public opinion influences policy makers and how politicians, especially presidents, try to shape public opinion. But in Speaking with the People's Voice: How Presidents Invoke Public Opinion, Jeffrey P. Mehltretter Drury asks a different question that adds an important new dimension to the study of public opinion: How do presidents rhetorically use public opinion in their speeches?In a careful analysis supported by case studies and discrete examples, Drury |
Titolo autorizzato: | Speaking with the people's voice |
ISBN: | 1-62349-135-5 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910463897003321 |
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