Studies in Australian political rhetoric
This edited collection includes eleven major case studies and one general review of rhetorical contest in Australian politics. The volume showcases the variety of methods available for studying political speech, including historical, theoretical, institutional, and linguistic analyses, and demonstra...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Canberra ACT, Australia
Australian National University Press
2014, 2014
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- What's at stake in Australian political rhetoric?
- 1. 'I am sorry': prime ministerial apology as transformational leadership
- 2. Economic management, rhetorical tactics, and the cost of promises
- 3. Leaders and legitimacy: lessons from two labor leadership transitions
- 4. Unintended rhetoric: the 'little children are sacred' report
- 5. The gilded cate: rhetorical path dependency in Australian politics
- 6. Looking backwards to the future: the evolving tradition of ideal political rhetoric in Australia
- 7. Whistling the dog
- 8. Debating the speaker
- 9. 'The maximum of good citizenship': citizenship and nation building in Alfred Deakin's post-Federation speeches
- 10. The rise and fall of economic rationalism
- 11. Languages of neoliberal critique: the production of coercive government in the northern territory intervention
- Studying Australian political rhetoric
- Includes bibliographical references