Oral Presidency of Barack Obama

The Oral Presidency of Barack Obama is an examination of Barack Obama's signature weapon of his presidency: his speeches. This book provides the social and cultural context that made the content of his speeches timeless.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Conceptual Framework

Chapter 2: A Clear and Present Black Man

Chapter 3: We are the Ones: The 2008 Obama Coalition

Chapter 3: "Inevitable Compromise:" Domestic Policy Part I

Chapter 4: Domestic Policy Part I: Inevitable Compromise
Chapter 5: A Connotation of Peace: Obama's First Term Foreign Policy

Chapter 6: History Strikes Twice: The 2012 Reelection of President Barack Obama

Chapter 7: The Audacity to Govern: Domestic Policy Part II

Chapter 8: The Art of Just War: Obama's Second Term Foreign Policy

Chapter 9: The Anti-Obama Political Complex

Chapter 10: The Passion of President Obama: Last Comments, Remarks, and Speeches

Chapter 11: Epilogue as Prologue: Assessing the Skinny Kid with a Funny Name

About the author

Anthony Neal is associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Buffalo State College.

Summary

The Oral Presidency of Barack Obama is an examination of Barack Obama’s signature weapon of his presidency: his speeches. This book provides the social and cultural context that made the content of his speeches timeless.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Neal, Neal Anthony
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781498556071
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-5607-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Ethnic Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, United States of America, USA, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Central / national / federal government, Central government, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General