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The Bully Pulpit, Presidential Speeches, and the Shaping of Public Policy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (282 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498501965
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Bully Pulpit, Presidential Speeches, and the Shaping of Public PolicyDDC classification:
  • 352.23/80973
LOC classification:
  • JK587 -- .B85 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Theodore Roosevelt -- 2 William Howard Taft and the Conservation of the Republican Party in 1912 -- 3 Woodrow Wilson -- 4 Warren G. Harding -- 5 Calvin Coolidge -- 6 Herbert Clark Hoover -- 7 Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Inauguration of the New Deal -- 8 Harry S. Truman -- 9 Dwight Eisenhower -- 10 John F. Kennedy -- 11 Lyndon Baines Johnson -- 12 Richard Nixon and American Indian Policy -- 13 Gerald Ford -- 14 Jimmy Carter -- 15 Ronald Reagan and American Drug Policy -- 16 George H. W. Bush and the Persian Gulf War -- 17 Bill Clinton -- 18 George W. Bush -- 19 Barack Obama and Hate Crime Legislation -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors.
Summary: This book explores how presidents use speeches to shape and influence public policy. Each chapter examines a selected speech delivered by every president from Roosevelt through Barack Obama to show how language has been instrumental in directing policy.
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Theodore Roosevelt -- 2 William Howard Taft and the Conservation of the Republican Party in 1912 -- 3 Woodrow Wilson -- 4 Warren G. Harding -- 5 Calvin Coolidge -- 6 Herbert Clark Hoover -- 7 Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Inauguration of the New Deal -- 8 Harry S. Truman -- 9 Dwight Eisenhower -- 10 John F. Kennedy -- 11 Lyndon Baines Johnson -- 12 Richard Nixon and American Indian Policy -- 13 Gerald Ford -- 14 Jimmy Carter -- 15 Ronald Reagan and American Drug Policy -- 16 George H. W. Bush and the Persian Gulf War -- 17 Bill Clinton -- 18 George W. Bush -- 19 Barack Obama and Hate Crime Legislation -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors.

This book explores how presidents use speeches to shape and influence public policy. Each chapter examines a selected speech delivered by every president from Roosevelt through Barack Obama to show how language has been instrumental in directing policy.

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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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