Enacting the Presidency: Political Argument, Presidential Debates, and Presidential Character

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Edward A. Hinck

Enacting the Presidency

Political Argument, Presidential Debates, and Presidential Character

Edward A. Hinck

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Praeger Publishers Inc
21 January 1993

Elections & referenda; Political manifestos

Series: Praeger Series in Political Communication

Presidential 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.

By: Edward A. Hinck
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 595g
ISBN: 9780275934880
ISBN 10: 0275934888
Series: Praeger Series in Political Communication
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 21 January 1993
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Political 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 Index

EDWARD 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.

Reviews for Enacting the Presidency: Political Argument, Presidential Debates, and Presidential Character

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