Rhetorical Studies of National Political Debates
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Rhetorical Studies of National Political Debates

1960–1992

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Rhetorical Studies of National Political Debates

1960–1992

About this book

This revised and updated edition remains the only book-length rhetorical analysis of national political debates from 1960 to the present. The contributors, all rhetorical critics, answer important questions about political debating in the United States, including: Why is the press involved in political debates? Why are debates likely to be an enduring part of our presidential campaigns? Why are some candidates successful as debaters while others are not? Chapter authors offer insight into the goals commonly shared by political debaters and the rhetorical strategies most frequently used by national political debaters. By providing an overall analysis of a variety of debate practices, this book demonstrates how debates have become more than just campaign spectacles, but rather complex, calculated political events with significant consequences. Predebate, debate, and postdebate strategies are considered in depth in these microanalyses. Scholars and students of speech communication, particularly those concerned with political communication, will find this volume noteworthy, as will those in the related disciplines of political science, history, and journalism.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Series Foreword
  3. Introduction
  4. 1 The 1960 Kennedy–Nixon Presidential Debates
  5. 2 The 1976 Carter–Ford Presidential Debates
  6. 3 The 1976 Mondale–Dole Vice Presidential Debate
  7. 4 The 1980 Reagan–Carter Presidential Debate
  8. 5 The 1984 Reagan–Mondale Presidential Debates
  9. 6 The 1984 Bush–Ferraro Vice Presidential Debate
  10. 7 The 1988 Bush–Dukakis Presidential Debates
  11. 8 The 1988 Quayle–Bentsen Vice Presidential Debate
  12. 9 The 1992 Clinton–Bush–Perot Presidential Debates
  13. 10 The 1992 Gore–Quayle–Stockdale Vice Presidential
  14. 11 Patterns and Trends in National Political Debates: 1960–1992
  15. Select Bibliography on Political Campaign Debating
  16. Index
  17. About the Contributors