Download or read book The Rhetoric of Political Leadership written by Ofer Feldman and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-24 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book details the theoretical and practical elements of political rhetoric and their effects on the interactions between politicians and the public. Expert contributors explore the issues associated with political rhetoric from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including political science, linguistics, social psychology and communication studies. Chapters examine what makes a speech effective, politicians’ use of moral appeals in political advertising, political attacks on social media, and gender and emotion in political discourse.