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Studies in Australian Political Rhetoric.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) SeriesPublisher: Canberra : ANU Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (258 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781925021875
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Studies in Australian Political RhetoricDDC classification:
  • 352.3840994
LOC classification:
  • JA85.2.A8 .S783 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Preliminary -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction -- What's at stake in Australian political rhetoric? -- Part I: Just rhetoric? Language and behaviour -- 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 cage: Rhetorical path dependency in Australian politics -- Part II: Standards of rhetoric -- 6. Looking backwards to the future: The evolving tradition of ideal political rhetoric in Australia -- 7. Whistling the dog -- 8. Debating the Speaker -- Part III: The content of rhetoric -- 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 -- Conclusion -- Studying Australian political rhetoric.
Summary: 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 shows the centrality of language use to democratic politics.
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Preliminary -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction -- What's at stake in Australian political rhetoric? -- Part I: Just rhetoric? Language and behaviour -- 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 cage: Rhetorical path dependency in Australian politics -- Part II: Standards of rhetoric -- 6. Looking backwards to the future: The evolving tradition of ideal political rhetoric in Australia -- 7. Whistling the dog -- 8. Debating the Speaker -- Part III: The content of rhetoric -- 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 -- Conclusion -- Studying 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 shows the centrality of language use to democratic politics.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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