Political Keywords
Using Language that Uses Us
ISBN13: 9780195162394ISBN10: 0195162390
Paperback, 296 pages
Sep 2004,
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296 pages;
31 illus.;
6-1/8 x 9-1/4;
ISBN13: 978-0-19-516239-4ISBN10: 0-19-516239-0
Political Keywords: Using Language that Uses Us looks at eight dominant words that are crucial to American political discourse, and how they have been employed during the last fifty years.
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
UNIT 1. THE LANGUAGE OF POLITICS
1. The Possibilities of Language
2. Whither Politics? An Evolving Construct
3. What is Politics? An Inventory of Meanings
UNIT 2. THE LANGUAGE OF DEMOCRACY
4. The Government: A Troubling Ally
5. The Media: Powerful Despite Themselves
6. The People: Constructing an Electorate
UNIT 3. THE LANGUAGE OF LEADERSHIP
7. The President: Lessons in Political Socialization
8. The President: How Institutions Preserve Themselves
9. The President: Managing Democratic Tensions
UNIT 4. THE LANGUAGE OF CAMPAIGNING
10. The Party: An Irrepressible Institution
11. The Promise: Imagining the Future Together
12. The Consultant: A Synecdoche for All of Politics
Conclusion: Language in Retrospect
Index
