Bøker i Presidential Rhetoric and Political Communication-serien

Provides a discussion of US presidentiality as a unique rhetorical role. Within that framework, the authors review women's historical and contemporary presidential bids, placing special emphasis on the 2008 campaign. They also consider how presidentiality is framed in candidate oratory, campaign journalism, film and television, digital media, and political parody.

In Militant Citizenship: Rhetorical Strategies of the National Woman's Party, 1913-1920, Belinda A. Stillion Southard explores the ways in which the militant NWP negotiated institutional opposition and secured such a prominent position in national politics.

Through their rhetoric, presidents help to create the frame for the American public's understanding of immigration. This book, providing case studies, explores select moments in US immigration history, focusing on the presidential discourse that preceded, addressed, or otherwise corresponded to various events.

An examination of the cognitive, behavioural and linguistic dimensions of war and peace. Using case studies, it shows that political participants interact in war and peace through continuous streams of communication that reflect and construct worlds of meaning.