Book contents
- The Performative Presidency
- Series page
- The Performative Presidency
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Presidential leadership under the conditions of defusion
- 3 Character formation: the rise of two Bill Clintons, 1992
- 4 The profanation of a president, 1992–1994: presidential character, the “climate of suspicion,” and the culture of scandal
- 5 The conservative revolution as purification and its subsequent pollution: the rise and fall of Newt Gingrich, and the fall and rise of Bill Clinton
- 6 Birth of a symbolic inversion: Clinton (re-)fuses with the presidential character
- 7 The second term: the Republicans’ polluting scandal and Clinton’s successful performance
- 8 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
The Performative Presidency
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2012
- The Performative Presidency
- Series page
- The Performative Presidency
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Presidential leadership under the conditions of defusion
- 3 Character formation: the rise of two Bill Clintons, 1992
- 4 The profanation of a president, 1992–1994: presidential character, the “climate of suspicion,” and the culture of scandal
- 5 The conservative revolution as purification and its subsequent pollution: the rise and fall of Newt Gingrich, and the fall and rise of Bill Clinton
- 6 Birth of a symbolic inversion: Clinton (re-)fuses with the presidential character
- 7 The second term: the Republicans’ polluting scandal and Clinton’s successful performance
- 8 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
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- The Performative PresidencyCrisis and Resurrection during the Clinton Years, pp. iPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012