Speaking with the people's voice : how presidents invoke public opinion
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Published
College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2014].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
x, 195 pages ; 25 cm.
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Published
College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2014].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-188) and index.
Summary
The role of public opinion in American democracy has been a central concern of scholars who frequently examine how public opinion influences policy makers and how politicians, especially presidents, try to shape public opinion. But in Speaking with the People's Voice: How Presidents Invoke Public Opinion, Jeffrey P. Mehltretter Drury asks a different question that adds an important new dimension to the study of public opinion: How do presidents rhetorically use public opinion in their speeches? In a careful analysis supported by case studies and discrete examples, Drury develops the concept of invoked public opinion to study the modern presidents' use of public opinion as a rhetorical resource. He defines the term as the rhetorical representation of the beliefs and values of US citizens. Speaking with the People's Voice considers both the strategic and democratic value of invoked public opinion by analyzing how modern presidents argumentatively deploy references to the beliefs and values of US citizens as persuasive appeals as well as acts of political representation in their nationally televised speeches.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Drury, J. P. M. (2014). Speaking with the people's voice: how presidents invoke public opinion (First edition.). Texas A & M University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Drury, Jeffrey P. Mehltretter, 1979-. 2014. Speaking With the People's Voice: How Presidents Invoke Public Opinion. Texas A & M University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Drury, Jeffrey P. Mehltretter, 1979-. Speaking With the People's Voice: How Presidents Invoke Public Opinion Texas A & M University Press, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Drury, Jeffrey P. Mehltretter. Speaking With the People's Voice: How Presidents Invoke Public Opinion First edition., Texas A & M University Press, 2014.
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