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dc.contributor.authorKane, John
dc.contributor.authorPatapan, Haig
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:04:49Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:04:49Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2012-05-01T22:33:13Z
dc.identifier.issn1036-1146
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/10361146.2010.499162
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/35065
dc.description.abstractPersuasion is vital to the practice of democratic leadership, making speech and communication of fundamental importance. Yet, democratic citizens habitually suspect political rhetoric as being either deceitfully empty or dangerously subversive. Rhetoric is thus central in democracy while paradoxically appearing either useless or pernicious. A consequence of this paradox for democratic leaders is that they are forced to avoid fine oratory in favour of a rhetorical style that sounds un-rhetorical, seeming to be plain factually-informative speech. This unique democratic form of rhetoric, which we have called an artless art, seeks to instil trust and to avoid appearing to talk down to the sovereign people. It is both helped and rendered problematic by the media, the essential communicative means in modern society, whose current dominance presents ever-new challenges and opportunities to democratic leaders.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom371
dc.relation.ispartofpageto389
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Journal of Political Science
dc.relation.ispartofvolume45
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical theory and political philosophy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4408
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440811
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.titleThe artless art: leadership and the limits of democratic rhetoric
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, School of Government and International Relations
gro.rights.copyright© 2010 Routledge. This is an electronic version of an article published in Australian Journal of Political Science Volume 45, Issue 3 September 2010 , pages 371 - 389. Australian Journal of Political Science is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com with the open URL of your article.
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorPatapan, Haig
gro.griffith.authorKane, John


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