When Politicians Talk

This book details the relationship between culture and the language used by public figures, including politicians, political candidates, and government officials, in the broad context of political behavior and communication. Employing a variety of perspectives, theoretical, conceptual, methodological, and analytical approaches, chapters focus specifically on the question of HOW cultural factors (such as religion, history, economy, majority/minority relations, social structure, and values) shape the content, nature, and characteristics of the rhetoric that public figures utilize in selected countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East.

The chapters enable comparison of the cultural effects on the different structures, styles, and contents of public speaking in societies from West to East. That is, of WHAT leaders say, HOW they say it (e.g., degree of openness, directness, usage of metaphors and slogans, xenophobic and racial expressions), under WHICH specific circumstances (e.g., National Days addresses, national or local assemblies' debates, during election campaigns appeals, press conferences' briefings, and in international meetings' speeches), and for WHAT specific audiences (e.g., supporters and voters, media representatives, or the global community).

Autorentext

Ofer Feldman is a professor of Political Psychology and Behavior at the Faculty of Policy Studies, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan. He is the author of more than 90 journal articles and book chapters, and more than 100 encyclopedia items, in the fields of political psychology/behavior, communication studies, and Japanese politics, and the sole author, co-author, sole editor, and co-editor of 16 books and monographs, including Talking Politics in Japan Today (2004), Seiji shinrigaku [Political Psychology] (in Japanese, 2006), The Psychology of Political Communicators (2019, with Sonja Zmerli), and The Rhetoric of Political Leadership (2020).

Klappentext

This book details the relationship between culture and the language used by public figures, including politicians, political candidates, and government officials, in the broad context of political behavior and communication. Employing a variety of perspectives, theoretical, conceptual, methodological, and analytical approaches, chapters focus specifically on the question of HOW cultural factors (such as religion, history, economy, majority/minority relations, social structure, and values) shape the content, nature, and characteristics of the rhetoric that public figures utilize in selected countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania*, *and the Middle East.

The chapters enable comparison of the cultural effects on the different structures, styles, and contents of public speaking in societies from West to East. That is, of WHAT leaders say, HOW they say it (e.g., degree of openness, directness, usage of metaphors and slogans, xenophobic and racial expressions), under WHICH specific circumstances (e.g., National Days addresses, national or local assemblies' debates, during election campaigns appeals, press conferences' briefings, and in international meetings' speeches), and for WHAT specific audiences (e.g., supporters and voters, media representatives, or the global community).

Inhalt
Introduction: The Role of Culture in Shaping Political Leaders' Rhetoric
Part 1. Religion and Political Rhetoric
Chapter 1 A Long Shadow: The Influence of Jewish Culture on Israeli Political Speech
Sam Lehman-Wilzig (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
Chapter 2 The Influence of Islamic Culture and Quranic Rhetoric on Public Speaking in the Arab WorldAli Badeen Mohammed Al-Rikaby (Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq)Thulfiqar Hussein Altahmazi (Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq)Debbita Ai Lin Tan (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia)
Chapter 3 From Catholicism to Gender Equality: Political Rhetoric in Spain from 1980 to 2020
Javier García-Marín (University of Granada, Spain)Ignacio-Jesús Serrano-Contreras (University of Granada, Spain)

Chapter 4 The Weight of the Cross: The Use of Christianism in the Symbolic Construction of a Brazilian Messiah Eduardo Ryô Tamaki (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)Renato Duarte Caetano (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)Ricardo Fabrino Mendonça (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Part 2. Historical Experiences and Wars and Political Rhetoric
Chapter 5 Talking Politics: Historical and Cultural Transformations and their Influence on Polish Political Rhetoric
Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska (University of Opole/VGTU, Poland) Agnieszka Kampka (Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland)
Chapter 6 Inaugurating War Memory: The Role of Memory of the 'Homeland War' in Inaugural Speeches of Croatian Presidents (1990-2020)Tamara Banjeglav (independent scholar)Nikolina idek (IE University Madrid, Spain)
Chapter 7 Rationality and Moderation: German Chancellors' Post-War Public Rhetoric
Melani Schröter (University of Reading, UK)
Chapter 8 Plural and Divided: The Influence of Greek Culture in Post-Crisis Political SpeechChristos Kostopoulos (Curtin University, Sarawak Campus, Malaysia)
Chapter 9 Core Socio-Cultural Building Blocks influencing the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Speeches to the UN General Assembly over the Previous Decade Yuval Benziman (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

Part 3. 'Common-Sense' and Macho Norms and Political Rhetoric
Chapter 10 Selling Sainthood: Commonsense, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the Politics of Legitimacy in India
Amit Julka (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Chapter 11 President Donald Trump and the New American Cultural Divide
Michael Krasner (City University of New York, USA)
Chapter 12 President Rodrigo Duterte's Brutish Rhetoric and the Culture of Machismo in the PhilippinesGene Segarra Navera (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Part 4. Majority/Minority Relations, Economic System, Immigration patterns, and Geography Isolation and Political Rhetoric
Chapter 13 From Guests to Imposters: An Analysis of the Impact of culture on Turkish Political Discourse(s) over MigrationIbrahim EFE (Kilis 7 Aralk University, Turkey)

Chapter 14 Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Influence of Culture in the Spanish Parliamentary Debates: A Case Study of Pablo Iglesias of the Pod...