Description
- Brings together presidential leadership, immigration policy, and political communication for the first time, offering students in three different arenas new insights into rhetorical analysis.
- Illustrates a significant, but previously understudied aspect of presidential leadership through public rhetoric.
- Shows how crucial the president is in leading the national policy agenda on key policy issues.
- Adds to the larger “going public” literature by extending our understanding of the president’s public commentary to an investigation of immigration policy.
- Links two relatively disparate research agendas: research focused on the presidency and immigration policy scholarship.
- Vividly illustrates differences in presidential style and language while at the same time showing a continuity in immigration policy failure.
Table of Contents
- The Presidency and Immigration Rhetoric
- A History of Immigration and the President’s Rhetoric
- Presidential Attention to Immigration
- The Tone of Presidential Rhetoric on Immigration
- News Coverage, the Presidency, and Immigration
- The Public, the Presidency, and Immigration
- Presidential Leadership of Immigration Legislation
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Conclusion
