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  • af Heather Ashley Hayes
    1.258,95 kr.

    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.

  • af Adam Silver
    1.019,95 kr.

    This book makes explicit the historical, technological, and discursive links between gossip as a mode of communication, news media, and contemporary politics. A Gossip Politic advances a new framework of gossip, applying the informal understanding of the term to news talk and political actors. Authored by esteemed scholars in the fields of Political Science, Media Studies, Linguistics, and Sociology, chapters consider the influence of gossip on the press, the American presidency, and the public. A Gossip Politic provides readers with a multi-faceted portrait of the ways in which gossip has influenced media history, shaped our understanding of democracy, and contributed to our current political landscape.

  • - Professional Wrestling Rhetoric in the White House
    af Shannon Bow O'Brien
    462,95 - 549,95 kr.

    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.

  • af Christopher Minnix
    975,95 kr.

    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 critics, the author argues for an understanding of global higher education as a site of rhetorical conflict over visions of students as citizens.

  • - The Rhetoric of Rage in 21st Century Popular Culture
    af Kendall R. Phillips
    680,95 kr.

    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.

  •  
    1.152,95 kr.

    Contributions consider these phenomena in a global contemporary context, providing within the same volume rigorous examinations of the design of digital platforms for deliberation, users' attempts to manipulate those platforms, and the ways activists and governments are responding to emerging threats to democratic discourse.

  • - Procedure, Rhetoric and Time
    af Kari Palonen
    1.150,95 kr.

    The parliamentary style of politics has been formed over centuries; In the last two chapters, the book outlines the possibilities of extending parliamentary judgment to politics beyond parliaments proper and the chances for parliamentary politics succeeding today.

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    1.117,95 kr.

    This is the first thorough and systematic interrogation of Republican Party oratory and rhetoric that examines a series of leading figures in American conservative politics. By doing so it shines important new light into conservative politics from the era of Eisenhower to the more brutal politics of Donald Trump.

  • - Exploring Audiences Empirically
     
    1.117,95 kr.

    This book examines the reception of rhetoric and the rhetoric of reception. By considering salient rhetorical traits of rhetorical utterances and texts seen in context, and relating this to different kinds of reception and/or audience use and negotiation, the authors explore the connections between rhetoric and reception.

  • - Rhetoric, Ideology and the Performance of Politics
     
    1.070,95 kr.

    In doing so, the collection offers insights into why the performances of political actors such as Carwyn Jones and Nicola Sturgeon resonate with a wide audience, whereas some - like Jeremy Corbyn - have limited appeal beyond the party faithful.

  • - Procedure, Rhetoric and Time
    af Kari Palonen
    1.151,95 kr.

    The parliamentary style of politics has been formed over centuries; In the last two chapters, the book outlines the possibilities of extending parliamentary judgment to politics beyond parliaments proper and the chances for parliamentary politics succeeding today.

  • af Christopher Minnix
    1.266,95 kr.

    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 critics, the author argues for an understanding of global higher education as a site of rhetorical conflict over visions of students as citizens.

  • - Politics as Transcendence and Contingency
    af Giuseppe Ballacci
    1.149,95 - 1.150,95 kr.

    The first part of the study proposes a reassessment of the ancient quarrel between philosophy and rhetoric, as it was discussed by Plato, Aristotle, and above all Cicero and Quintilian, who ambitiously attempted to bring them together creating an ideal that is at the roots of the humanist tradition.

  • - Rhetoric, Ideology and the Performance of Politics
     
    1.220,95 kr.

    In doing so, the collection offers insights into why the performances of political actors such as Carwyn Jones and Nicola Sturgeon resonate with a wide audience, whereas some - like Jeremy Corbyn - have limited appeal beyond the party faithful.

  • - Insiders & Outsiders in Democratic Politics
    af Mark Rolfe
    965,95 - 1.193,95 kr.

    This highly original work considers the rhetoric of political actors and commentators who identify digital media as the means to a new era of politics and democracy.

  • - Continuity, Change & Contested Values from Truman to Obama
    af Noam Schimmel
    1.153,95 - 1.330,95 kr.

    The author combines rhetoric analysis, policy analysis, and policy history to illuminate the dynamic nature of the way American presidents have imagined the moral and social bonds of the American people and their exhortations for governance and policy to reflect and honor these bonds and obligations.

  • - Practices of Textual Interpretation and Analysis
    af Kari Palonen, Claudia Wiesner & Taru Haapala
    1.522,95 kr.

    This book explicates how debates and documents can be understood, interpreted and analysed as political action. The authors deploy the perspective that debates are to be understood as political activity, and documents can be regarded as frozen debates.

  • af Judi Atkins
    1.153,95 kr.

    Through a rhetorical analysis, this book explores how the parties in a coalition government create a united public front while preserving their distinct identities.

  • - Rhetorical Connectivities and Globalized Capitalism
    af Rachel C. Riedner
    543,95 kr.

    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.

  • af Mihaela Mihai & Mathias Thaler
    733,95 - 1.062,95 kr.

    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 and balanced account of states saying 'sorry'.

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    1.983,95 kr.

    This is the first thorough and systematic interrogation of Republican Party oratory and rhetoric that examines a series of leading figures in American conservative politics. By doing so it shines important new light into conservative politics from the era of Eisenhower to the more brutal politics of Donald Trump.

  • af N. Turnbull
    1.140,95 kr.

    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 political satire and the rhetoric of cultural racism.

  •  
    1.268,95 kr.

    Together, these chapters explore the contemporary rhetorical production of homo economicus and the various ways in which neoliberalism has become a way of thinking, orienting, and organizing all aspects of life around economized metrics of individualized and individuated success.

  •  
    785,95 kr.

    How do leading Democratic Party figures strive to communicate with and influence their audience? More broadly it evaluates the impact of leading orators upon American politics and argues that effective oratory remains a vital party of American political discourse.

  • af Peter Dorey, Timothy Heppell & Andrew S. Crines
    1.333,95 kr.

    This book examines the political oratory, rhetoric and persona of Margaret Thatcher as a means of understanding her justifications for 'Thatcherism'.

  •  
    943,95 kr.

    How do leading Democratic Party figures strive to communicate with and influence their audience? More broadly it evaluates the impact of leading orators upon American politics and argues that effective oratory remains a vital party of American political discourse.

  • af Jr. Hasian & Marouf A.
    712,95 - 943,95 kr.

    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 current discussions on retributive justice.

  • af Jens E. Kjeldsen
    232,95 kr.

    This book provides students, researchers, and practitioners of speechwriting with a unique insight in the theory, history, and practice of speechwriting.

  •  
    1.160,95 kr.

    Contributions consider these phenomena in a global contemporary context, providing within the same volume rigorous examinations of the design of digital platforms for deliberation, users' attempts to manipulate those platforms, and the ways activists and governments are responding to emerging threats to democratic discourse.

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