Political rhetoric and leadership in democracy
By: edited by Lee Trepanier
Publisher: Southern Utah University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cedar City, Utah
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9780935615333
Subjects: Rhetoric; Political aspects; Political leadership; Political ethics
Notes: "... [T]he result of an interdisciplinary symposium on Democracy & Rhetoric at Southern Utah University on January 21-22, 2010.  The symposium was sponsored by the Grace A. Tanner center for Human Values"-- P.1.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Democracy, language, and rhetoric  -- James M. Rhodes; title: Tocqueville, Weber, and democracy : the condition of equality and the possibility of charisma in America  -- Lee Trepanier; title: Democracy talk : can it rescue and rebuild democracy?  -- Michael Minch; title: The public sphere and public spectacle in conflict : Barack Obama's presidential campaign  -- Chad B. Newswander, Lynita K. Newswander; title: Irony in apocalyptic America : Niebuhr and the presidential rhetoric of good and evil after 9/11  -- Paul Corey; title: A new Chavez -- Rachel Kirk.