Green Talk in the White House: The Rhetorical Presidency Encounters EcologyTarla Rai Peterson Texas A&M University Press, 2004 - 294 halaman The environment figures prominently in American political debate of the twentieth century. Issues of wilderness and wetlands preservation, clean air and clean water, and the sustainable use of natural resources attract passionate advocacy and demands for national as well as local action. Presidents since Theodore Roosevelt have addressed these issues, rhetorically (though not always prominently) in their public addresses and pragmatically in their policies and appointments to pertinent positions. Green Talk in the White House gathers an array of approaches to studying environmental rhetoric and the presidency, covering a range of presidential administrations and a diversity of viewpoints on how the concept of the "rhetorical presidency" may be modified in this policy area. Tarla Rai Peterson's introduction discusses both methodological and substantive issues in studying presidential rhetoric on the environment. In subsequent chapters, noted scholars examine various aspects of half a dozen modern presidencies to shed light not only on those administrations but also on the study of environmental rhetoric itself. The final section of the book then directs attention to the future of presidential rhetoric and environmental governance, with looks "in" at state-level environmental issues and looks "out" at the international context of environmentalism. As a whole, the volume is ideal for those looking to better understand the particular intersection of presidency, policy, and rhetorical studies. |
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... observed that " the ages have been at work on it ” and “ man can only . . . mar the won- derful grandeur , the sublimity , the great loneliness and beauty of the Can- yon ? " Days later he remarked to a Stanford University audience that ...
... observed , the " forests were regarded chiefly as obstructions to settlement and cultivation , " and the " man who cut down a tree was held to have conferred a service upon his fellows . " Despite the fact that early Americans knew ...
... observed that Reagan's poli- cies actually " strengthened support for environmental organizations . ” Hays notes that environmentalists grew in numbers , raised more money , and identified new initiatives in direct reaction to ...
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Environmental Rhetoric and the New Frontier | 35 |
W J McGee | 62 |
Environmental Rhetoric and Political Pragmatism | 83 |
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