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The Modern Rhetorical Presidency Reconsidered: Policy Proposal and Advocacy in Presidential State of the Union Addresses from Washington to George W. Bush |
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This study examines the “traditional/modern” paradigm advocated by scholars in the study of the Presidency in American Politics. This distinction advises a separation of presidential history into two categories on the basis of policy proposal and rhetorical proclivity: namely the “traditional” period (from the founding to the early 20th century) and the “modern” period (from the early 20th century presidency to the present). In this study, I take issue with whether or not such a categorization can properly be made given the changing contexts, powers, and personalities of the presidency.
I examine the State of the Union Addresses from George Washington to George W. Bush in order to analyze a consistently utilized form of presidential address and to determine changes in policy activism and the evolution of the modern rhetorical presidency. I find that presidents from the founding have both proposed policy and used popular address rhetoric within in their State of the Union Addresses. I also learn that presidents of the late 20th century have increased the average number of policies that they propose in the State of the Union Address as well as used increasing levels of popular address rhetoric. The trends revealed in these findings suggest that the powers and activity of the presidency may have evolved slowly from the founding to the present as opposed to undergoing a significant transformation as the result of the innovations of a single president or administration. |
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| Teten, Ryan. "The Modern Rhetorical Presidency Reconsidered: Policy Proposal and Advocacy in Presidential State of the Union Addresses from Washington to George W. Bush" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, Sep 01, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p41597_index.html> |
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| Teten, R. L. , 2005-09-01 "The Modern Rhetorical Presidency Reconsidered: Policy Proposal and Advocacy in Presidential State of the Union Addresses from Washington to George W. Bush" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p41597_index.html |
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Abstract: This study examines the “traditional/modern” paradigm advocated by scholars in the study of the Presidency in American Politics. This distinction advises a separation of presidential history into two categories on the basis of policy proposal and rhetorical proclivity: namely the “traditional” period (from the founding to the early 20th century) and the “modern” period (from the early 20th century presidency to the present). In this study, I take issue with whether or not such a categorization can properly be made given the changing contexts, powers, and personalities of the presidency.
I examine the State of the Union Addresses from George Washington to George W. Bush in order to analyze a consistently utilized form of presidential address and to determine changes in policy activism and the evolution of the modern rhetorical presidency. I find that presidents from the founding have both proposed policy and used popular address rhetoric within in their State of the Union Addresses. I also learn that presidents of the late 20th century have increased the average number of policies that they propose in the State of the Union Address as well as used increasing levels of popular address rhetoric. The trends revealed in these findings suggest that the powers and activity of the presidency may have evolved slowly from the founding to the present as opposed to undergoing a significant transformation as the result of the innovations of a single president or administration. |
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| The Modern Rhetorical Presidency Reconsidered: Policy Proposal and Advocacy in Presidential State of the Union Addresses from George Washington To George W. Bush. Dr Ryan Lee Teten Northern Kentucky University Prepared for delivery at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Washington D.C. September 1-4 2005 “ He [The President] shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall |
| Albany: State University Press of New York 1996. Tulis Jeffrey. The Rhetorical Presidency. Princeton: Princeton University Press 1987. 35 ---. “Revising the Rhetorical Presidency ” In Medhurst Martin J. ed. Beyond the Rhetorical Presidency. College Station TX: Texas A&M University Press 1996. ---. “Reflections on the Rhetorical Presidency in American Political Development ” in Speaking to the People: The Rhetorical Presidency in Historical Perspective ed. Richard Ellis. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press 1998. Wilson John. Politically Speaking: The Pragmatic |
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