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Culture, rhetoric, and voting the presidential election of 2012

Title
Culture, rhetoric, and voting [electronic resource] : the presidential election of 2012 / edited by Douglas M. Brattebo, Tom Lansford, Jack Covarrubias, Robert J. Pauly.
Publication
Akron, Ohio : The University of Akron Press, 2016

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Additional Authors
  • Brattebo, Douglas M.
  • Lansford, Tom.
  • Covarrubias, Jack.
  • Pauly, Robert J., 1967-
Description
1 online resource (x, 296 pages)
Summary
"The presidential election of 2012 was among the most important in American history, both for the policies that will persist due to its result as well as the national political transformation it portends. The contest's outcome was the product of complex and fast-moving societal changes--demographic, technological, and economic--surfacing in American society. This volume, consisting of writings by leading scholars of American politics and the American presidency, examines the 2012 presidential election in its many facets. Particularly prominent in these analyses are: psychology, religion, and culture, rhetoric, and voting"--
Uniform Title
Culture, rhetoric, and voting (Online)
Subject
  • Obama, Barack
  • Romney, Mitt
  • Presidents > United States > Election > 2012
  • Voting > United States
  • Political campaigns > United States
  • Presidential candidates > United States
  • Elections > United States
  • United States > Politics and government > 2009-2017
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction : culture, rhetoric and voting in the 2012 election : historical observations / Douglas M. Brattebo and Robert J. Pauly, Jr. -- PART I. PSYCHOLOGY, RELIGION, AND CULURE. Understanding Barack Obama's leadership : gamble of the "rational democrat" / William D. Pederson -- Church and state in America : what Roger Williams might say regarding the 2012 presidential election / Max J. Skidmore -- Perceptions of Mormonism : Romney's faith-based challenges / Luke Perry -- The culture wars in the 2012 presidential election / Graham G. Dodds -- PART II. RHETORIC. The irrelevance of truth : postrhetorical campaigning and the 2012 conventions / Justin S. Vaughn -- The politics of inequality : how Team Obama appealed to the base in the 2012 presidential election / Matthew R. Miles -- No Soviet domination : presidential debates, the media, and public reaction / Douglas Mock -- Barack Obama's evolutionary rhetoric as a strategy for supporting same-sex marriage / Casey Malone Maugh -- PART III. VOTING. The predisposing, motivating, and constraining factors of early voting : assessing the impact of campaign strategies and voting laws / Lisa Hager -- Who plays the decider? : analyzing key voters in the 2012 election : "a mad men party in a modern family world" / William J. Miller and Sean D. Foreman -- Constituency appeals and group voting in the 2012 presidential election / Mark D. Brewer and Richard J. Powell.
LCCN
2015038212
OCLC
ssj0001627825
Title
Culture, rhetoric, and voting [electronic resource] : the presidential election of 2012 / edited by Douglas M. Brattebo, Tom Lansford, Jack Covarrubias, Robert J. Pauly.
Imprint
Akron, Ohio : The University of Akron Press, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Brattebo, Douglas M.
Lansford, Tom.
Covarrubias, Jack.
Pauly, Robert J., 1967-
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