Performance, Theatricality and the US Presidency : : The Currency of Distrust / / Julia Peetz.
The erosion of trust in politicians and political institutions is a major challenge in early twenty-first-century democratic politics, not least in the United States. This book argues that, rather than being a flaw or corruption, the potential for political distrust must be understood as an essentia...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Obama’s Tears -- CHAPTER 1 PERFORMANCE AT THE CORE OF REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY -- CHAPTER 2 PERFORMING THE US PRESIDENCY -- CHAPTER 3 CULTIVATING LEGITIMACY THROUGH PERFORMANCE -- CHAPTER 4 THE CURRENCY OF DISTRUST IN PRESIDENTIAL PERFORMANCES SINCE WATERGATE -- AFTERWORD: THE PENDULUM AND THE SLOPE -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| Summary: | The erosion of trust in politicians and political institutions is a major challenge in early twenty-first-century democratic politics, not least in the United States. This book argues that, rather than being a flaw or corruption, the potential for political distrust must be understood as an essential feature of representative democracy. Presenting the first sustained, and empirically backed, exploration of the function of performance within US presidential politics, Performance, Theatricality, and the U.S. Presidency shows that performance and distrust are interlinked and ineradicable elements of representative democracy. The book draws on key scholarship of political representation, rhetoric, and populism; on theories of performativity, theatricality, and acting; and on interviews the author conducted with political speechwriters spanning presidential administrations and campaigns from Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama to demonstrate that distrust is inherent in representative politics precisely because representation works through performance. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9781399510004 9783111319292 9783111318912 9783111319131 9783111318189 9783110797640 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9781399510004 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Julia Peetz. |