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How do leading Democratic Party figures strive to communicate with and influence their audience? Why have some proven more successful than others in advancing their ideological arguments? How do orators seek to connect with different audiences in different settings such as the Senate, conventions and through the media? This thoroughly researched and highly readable collection comprehensively evaluates these questions as well as providing an extensive interrogation of the political and intellectual significance of oratory and rhetoric in the Democratic Party. Using the Aristotelian modes of persuasion ethos, pathos and logos it draws out commonalties and differences in how the rhetoric of Democratic Party politics has shifted since the 1960s. More broadly it evaluates the impact of leading orators upon American politics and argues that effective oratory remains a vital party of American political discourse.
Andrew S. Crines is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Liverpool and is co-editor of two volumes entitled Labour Orators from Bevan to Miliband and Conservative Orators from Baldwin to Cameron. He has published widely in leading national and international journals including Politics and Religion, Global Discourse, and Political Quarterly. He tweets at @AndrewCrines. David S. Moon is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Bath. His research focuses on ideological conflict within political parties, post-structuralist theory, political rhetoric, and oratory. He has contributed book chapters to edited collections on oratory and social democratic politics, and published articles in academic journals including Politics, Public Policy and Administration and Subjectivity. Robert Lehrman is a professor of public communication at the American University, Washington D.C., USA. He is a speechwriter for numerous Democratic Party figures and the author of The Political Speechwriter's Companion .
Show moreHow do leading Democratic Party figures strive to communicate with and influence their audience? Why have some proven more successful than others in advancing their ideological arguments? How do orators seek to connect with different audiences in different settings such as the Senate, conventions and through the media? This thoroughly researched and highly readable collection comprehensively evaluates these questions as well as providing an extensive interrogation of the political and intellectual significance of oratory and rhetoric in the Democratic Party. Using the Aristotelian modes of persuasion ethos, pathos and logos it draws out commonalties and differences in how the rhetoric of Democratic Party politics has shifted since the 1960s. More broadly it evaluates the impact of leading orators upon American politics and argues that effective oratory remains a vital party of American political discourse.
Andrew S. Crines is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Liverpool and is co-editor of two volumes entitled Labour Orators from Bevan to Miliband and Conservative Orators from Baldwin to Cameron. He has published widely in leading national and international journals including Politics and Religion, Global Discourse, and Political Quarterly. He tweets at @AndrewCrines. David S. Moon is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Bath. His research focuses on ideological conflict within political parties, post-structuralist theory, political rhetoric, and oratory. He has contributed book chapters to edited collections on oratory and social democratic politics, and published articles in academic journals including Politics, Public Policy and Administration and Subjectivity. Robert Lehrman is a professor of public communication at the American University, Washington D.C., USA. He is a speechwriter for numerous Democratic Party figures and the author of The Political Speechwriter's Companion .
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Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Introduction; Andrew S. Crines and Robert Lehrman
1. The Oratory of John F. Kennedy; Robert Lehrman
2. The Oratory of Lynton B. Johnson; Andrew Taylor
3. The Oratory of Robert Kennedy; Brendan Evans
4. The Oratory of Jimmy Carter; Donna Jackson and Robert
Lehrman
5. The Oratory of Edward Kennedy; Timothy Heppell
6. The Oratory of Bill Clinton; Jon Herbert
7. The Oratory of Al Gore; Robert Busby
8. The Oratory of John Edwards; David S Moon
9. The Oratory of John Kerry; Jon Roper
10. The Oratory of Jessie Jackson; Felicia R. Stewart
11. The Oratory of Hillary Clinton; Mark Bennister
12. The Oratory of Barack Obama; Robert Lehrman and Andrew S
Crines
Conclusion; David S. Moon
Bibliography
Index
Once a celebrated art, oratory is now more likely to be discussed as a lost or declining one. Yet as this volume demonstrates, oratorical skill remains a powerful tool for any politician. This illuminating collection examining orators in the Democratic Party will be a must read for students and scholars of politics and communication.' - Richard Hayton, University of Leeds, UK 'A powerful and impressive contribution to our understanding of the interlocking themes of oratory, rhetoric and leadership in the United States. Its authors combine detailed knowledge of the changing context of political speech making with a sensitive appreciation of the conceptual framework used in the study of communication. It will be an essential book not just for students of American politics but for anyone interested in the art of democratic persuasion.' - Gillian Peele, University of Oxford, UK 'This volume is not dazzled by the mythology surrounding oratory in the Democratic party. Instead, the authors conduct rigorous examination of the rhetoric of key political figures. Conceptual tools are accessibly applied to provide rich and engaging accounts of how oratory and rhetoric have been used to powerful political effect.' - Stuart McAnulla, University of Leeds, UK
Andrew S. Crines is Lecturer in Politics at the University of
Liverpool and is co-editor of two volumes entitled Labour Orators
from Bevan to Miliband and Conservative Orators from Baldwin to
Cameron. He has published widely in leading national and
international journals including Politics and Religion, Global
Discourse, and Political Quarterly. He tweets at @AndrewCrines.
David S. Moon is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Bath.
His research focuses on ideological conflict within political
parties, post-structuralist theory, political rhetoric, and
oratory. He has contributed book chapters to edited collections on
oratory and social democratic politics, and published articles in
academic journals including Politics, Public Policy and
Administration and Subjectivity.
Robert Lehrman is a professor of public communication at the
American University, Washington D.C., USA. He is a speechwriter for
numerous Democratic Party figures and the author of The Political
Speechwriter's Companion .
Once a celebrated art, oratory is now more likely to be discussed
as a lost or declining one. Yet as this volume demonstrates,
oratorical skill remains a powerful tool for any politician. This
illuminating collection examining orators in the Democratic Party
will be a must read for students and scholars of politics and
communication.' - Richard Hayton, University of Leeds, UK
'A powerful and impressive contribution to our understanding of the
interlocking themes of oratory, rhetoric and leadership in the
United States. Its authors combine detailed knowledge of the
changing context of political speech making with a sensitive
appreciation of the conceptual framework used in the study of
communication. It will be an essential book not just for students
of American politics but for anyone interested in the art of
democratic persuasion.' - Gillian Peele, University of Oxford,
UK
'This volume is not dazzled by the mythology surrounding oratory in
the Democratic party. Instead, the authors conduct rigorous
examination of the rhetoric of key political figures. Conceptual
tools are accessibly applied to provide rich and engaging accounts
of how oratory and rhetoric have been used to powerful political
effect.' - Stuart McAnulla, University of Leeds, UK
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