The Rhetoric of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton - Crisis Management Discourse

Kelley provides an examination of Hillary Rodham Clinton's rhetorical responses to mediated versions of crises in the Clinton Administration. She begins by examining the historical First Lady, and then looks at mediated political realities in general as well as those of the Clinton presidency. Kelley also examines the rhetorical management of political crises and the crises management style of First Ladies, including Florence Harding and Eleanor Roosevelt.

The book focuses on the analysis of Hillary Rodham Clinton's rhetorical management of crises in her husband's Administration, including health care, Travelgate, Whitewater, and allegations of sexual misconduct. Kelley's approach is grounded in Kenneth Burke's framework of language as a symbolic means of inducing cooperation through rhetorical identification. She concludes with speculation regarding both the degree of success of Hillary Clinton's efforts as well as the implications of those efforts to rhetorical and political communication and feminist theory. This book will be of particular interest to scholars and researchers of the presidency and the role of the First Lady, political communication, and feminist studies.

Sommario

Introduction
The Historical First Lady
Politics and Mediated Realities
Mitigating Factors in Mediated Realities
Crisis Management Rhetoric
Crisis Management Styles of First Couples
Crisis Management Discourse of Hillary Rodham Clinton: "Mini-Scandals" to Whitewater
Crisis Management Discourse of Hillary Rodham Clinton: "Travelgate" to Impeachment
The Rhetorical Evolution of Hillary Rodham Clinton
Rhetorical Strategies of Hillary Rodham Clinton
Conclusion
Bibliography

Info autore

Colleen Kelley

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Colleen E. Kelley, Kelley Colleen
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.01.2001
• EAN: 9780275966959
• ISBN: 978-0-275-96695-9
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Political leaders & leadership, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Political leaders and leadership, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc, Politics, Law, and Government: History