TY  - BOOK
AU  - Uhr,John
AU  - Walter,Ryan
TI  - Studies in Australian Political Rhetoric
T2  - Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) Series
SN  - 9781925021875
AV  - JA85.2.A8 .S783 2014 
U1  - 352.3840994 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Canberra
PB  - ANU Press
KW  - Communication in politics-Australia
KW  - Politics and literature-Australia
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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