- Administrative Law,
- Admiralty,
- Emergency and Disaster Management,
- Government Contracts,
- Law,
- Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility,
- Legal Profession,
- Other Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration,
- President/Executive Department,
- Public Administration,
- Public Affairs,
- Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration,
- Social and Behavioral Sciences,
- Social Justice,
- Social Policy and
- Terrorism Studies
Presidential rhetoric serves a critical interpretive role in defining events, particularly the threat of terrorism. As Richard Neustadt argues, the power of the presidency lies in the leader’s power to persuade. Presidents frame the terror threat by setting the country’s policy agenda. They then try to sell policies to Congress and the public through the pressure they can employ using their rhetoric and their office. This study, based on content analysis speech data ranging from September 2001 to February 2019, delves into why presidents speak the way they do about terrorism looking both at the content and frequency of their speeches. This chapter lays out the main contours and theory of the book, while subsequent chapters present empirical findings.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gabriel-rubin/15/