Rhetoric in British Politics and Society

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction: Rhetoric and the British Way of Politics....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
The Rhetoric of Rhetoric — Political Rhetoric as Function and Dysfunction....Pages 17-29
Rhetorical Technique and Governance — Aphorisms and Leaders’ Political Persuasion....Pages 30-44
Rhetoric and Parliamentary Leadership — Prime Minister’s Questions....Pages 45-57
Rhetoric and Political Intervention — Churchill’s World War II Speeches in Context....Pages 58-70
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Rhetoric and Party Politics — Looking Beyond the Leader....Pages 73-86
Rhetoric and Devolution — Time and Space in Welsh Labour Rhetoric....Pages 87-100
Rhetoric and Morality — How the Coalition Justifies Welfare Policy....Pages 101-115
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
Rhetoric and Multiculturalism — David Cameron’s ‘King James’ Speech and the Crisis of Multiculturalism....Pages 119-132
Rhetoric and Race — David Starkey and the 2011 English Riots....Pages 133-147
Rhetoric and Satire — Spitting Image and Political Comedy....Pages 148-159
Rhetoric and the Everyday — Fairness as Rhetorical Force and the Micro-Politics of Intentionality in a North Manchester Town....Pages 160-172
Conclusion: Rhetoric, British Identity and Interdisciplinarity....Pages 173-184
Back Matter....Pages 185-189