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OverviewPresidential debates are forums designed to present and select candidates for national office: Their purpose is to provide opportunities for candidates to win over undecided voters, to reinforce voters who have already made a decision about who to vote for, and to change the minds of those who are willing to reconsider their initial judgments concerning which candidate seems more fit to serve as president. Edward Hinck argues that debates are not primarily about presidential policy-making. Rather, they are opportunities to demonstrate a candidate's ability to lead by summarizing, in a specific test of presidential character, the larger conflict between the candidates. Hinck develops an in-depth rhetorical analysis of the presidential and vice presidential debates of 1960 to 1988. The analysis of each series of debates begins with an introduction that focuses discussion on the most important aspects of political image for each of the candidates, then develops a case for understanding the ways in which the debates revealed the rhetorical strengths and weaknesses of each candidate's performance. Hinck's neo-Aristotelian approach asserts that debates serve both deliberative and epideictic ends because they provide important information about the candidates that cannot be disclosed except in the dramatic confrontation of the debate, and because this dramatic confrontation enacts the democratic values of rational dialogue. Enacting The Presidency is recommended to scholars in communication and political science. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Edward A. HinckPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.595kg ISBN: 9780275934880ISBN 10: 0275934888 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 21 January 1993 Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPolitical Debates and the Enactment of Leadership The First Kennedy-Nixon Debate The Second, Third, and Fourth Kennedy-Nixon Debates The 1976 Presidential Debates: Gerald Ford versus Jimmy Carter The 1980 Debates: Ronald Reagan versus John Anderson and Ronald Reagan versus Jimmy Carter The 1984 Presidential Debates: Ronald Reagan versus Walter Mondale The 1988 Presidential Debates: George Bush versus Michael Dukakis The Vice Presidential Debates of 1976, 1984, and 1988 Re-Assessing the Rhetorical Functions of Political Debates Selected Bibliography IndexReviews?The thorough debate analyses will be useful to students of the presidency and political communication. Recommended specifically for advanced-undergraduate through professional collections.?-Choice The thorough debate analyses will be useful to students of the presidency and political communication. Recommended specifically for advanced-undergraduate through professional collections. -Choice ?The thorough debate analyses will be useful to students of the presidency and political communication. Recommended specifically for advanced-undergraduate through professional collections.?-Choice Author InformationEDWARD A. HINCK is Assistant Professor of Communications and Director of Forensics at Central Michigan University. He has coached debate for thirteen years and taught argumentation, public speaking, communication theory, and rhetorical theory and criticism. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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