Leadership performance and rhetoric

✍ Scribed by Masters, Adam B.; Uhr, John

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 160
• Series: Palgrave pivot.; Palgrave studies in political leadership
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

'Words are actions, and leaders know it. This thought-provoking study sheds light on the rhetorical battles that have shaped Australia's recent political history - and it's a cracking good read to boot.' - Dr Dennis Grube, University of Cambridge, UK This book examines both the rhetorical content of contemporary public leadership and the leadership methods pioneered by early English statesman Sir Francis Bacon. In particular, it considers the use of public rhetoric to defend leadership legitimacy in six case studies, drawing on leadership contests in recent Australian political history. The authors map out the complex language of leadership in contemporary politics through chapter-length portraits of the inter-related political rhetoric of prime ministers Rudd, Gillard, Abbott and Turnbull, plus former foreign minister Bob Carr and indigenous leader Noel Pearson. The process is a novel application of leadership analysis derived from the political philosophy of Francis Bacon, who emerges as a founder of the study, and indeed practice, of political and public leadership. The book will appeal to students and scholars across the fields of political science, communication and rhetorical studies, and political history. Read more...

Abstract: 'Words are actions, and leaders know it. This thought-provoking study sheds light on the rhetorical battles that have shaped Australia's recent political history - and it's a cracking good read to boot.' - Dr Dennis Grube, University of Cambridge, UK This book examines both the rhetorical content of contemporary public leadership and the leadership methods pioneered by early English statesman Sir Francis Bacon. In particular, it considers the use of public rhetoric to defend leadership legitimacy in six case studies, drawing on leadership contests in recent Australian political history. The authors map out the complex language of leadership in contemporary politics through chapter-length portraits of the inter-related political rhetoric of prime ministers Rudd, Gillard, Abbott and Turnbull, plus former foreign minister Bob Carr and indigenous leader Noel Pearson. The process is a novel application of leadership analysis derived from the political philosophy of Francis Bacon, who emerges as a founder of the study, and indeed practice, of political and public leadership. The book will appeal to students and scholars across the fields of political science, communication and rhetorical studies, and political history

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
Leadership and Rhetoric (Adam B. Masters, John Uhr)....Pages 1-15
Selecting the Case Studies: Six Australian Public Leaders (Adam B. Masters, John Uhr)....Pages 17-30
Tony Abbott: An Opposition Leader Not Waiting for Political Office (Adam B. Masters, John Uhr)....Pages 31-46
Julia Gillard: Dealing With the Burden of Leadership (Adam B. Masters, John Uhr)....Pages 47-63
Bob Carr: Foreign Minister or Secretary of State? (Adam B. Masters, John Uhr)....Pages 65-80
Kevin Rudd: Rhetoric and a Royal Commission (Adam B. Masters, John Uhr)....Pages 81-101
Noel Pearson: Civil Leadership and Political Rhetoric (Adam B. Masters, John Uhr)....Pages 103-117
Malcolm Turnbull: From Hope to Disappointment (Adam B. Masters, John Uhr)....Pages 119-134
Conclusion (Adam B. Masters, John Uhr)....Pages 135-146
Back Matter ....Pages 147-153

✦ Subjects

Political leadership;SOCIAL SCIENCE / General