Framing the global economic downturn crisis rhetoric and the politics of recessions
"Managing public uncertainty and anxiety is vital in coping with financial crises. This requires not just prompt action but, most of all, persuasive communication by government leaders. At the same time, the very occurrence of such crises raises acute questions about the effectiveness and robus...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Acton, A.C.T.
ANU E Press
2009, 2009
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| Series: | Australia New Zealand School of Government monograph
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "Managing public uncertainty and anxiety is vital in coping with financial crises. This requires not just prompt action but, most of all, persuasive communication by government leaders. At the same time, the very occurrence of such crises raises acute questions about the effectiveness and robustness of current government policies and institutions. With the stakes being so high, defining and interpreting what is going on, how and why it happened, and what ought to be done now become key questions in the political and policy struggles that crises invariably unleash. In this volume, we study how heads of government, finance ministers and national bank governors in eight countries as well as the EU engage in such 'framing contests', and how their attempts to interpret the cascading events of the economic downturn were publicly received. Using systematic content analysis of speeches and media coverage, this volume offers a unique comparative assessment of public leadership in times of crisis."--Publisher's description |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 1921666048 9781921666049 |