Edelman Political Language

Words That Succeed and Policies That Fail
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-6980-1
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Web PDF

Political Language: Words That Succeed and Policies That Fail deals with chronic inequalities of a smaller portion of the population getting more. The book discusses the persistence of poverty and greater inequalities in a democratic society such as the United States. The text reviews the chronic problems and the various beliefs found in American society, and also notes the general acceptance of the large differences in the quality of life of the people, which includes political power and autonomy. The book then defines perception of the political spectator and explains the linguistic generation of assumptions (taking for granted), linguistic reconstruction of facts (cover-ups), and the linguistic segmentation of politics (distinct from ordinary world). The text then emphasizes the language of inquiry, of authority, of participation, and of resistance as leading to free inquiry and experimentation or political loyalty. The selection can prove beneficial for political students, economists, educators, sociologists, and members of ministerial affairs related to population and economics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Edelman, Murray

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Political Language: Words that Succeed and Policies that Fail;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;10
5;Dedication;8
6;Foreword;14
7;Acknowledgments;16
8;Introduction;18
9;Chapter 1. Chronic Problems, Banal Language, and Contradictory Beliefs;24
9.1;The Acceptance of Inequality;24
9.2;Banality and Anxiety;25
9.3;Social Adjustment through Contradictory Beliefs;28
9.4;Symbolic Evocation and Political Reality;32
9.5;Multiple Realities as Threats;35
9.6;The Focus on Official Language;37
9.7;Rhetorical Evocations;39
9.8;The Authority, Language, and Ideology of the Helping Professions;43
10;Chapter 2. Categorization, Perception, and Politics;46
10.1;The Linguistic Structuring of Social Problems;49
10.2;The Evocation of Mythical Populations as Reference Groups;52
10.3;The Categorization of Enemies;55
10.4;The Linguistic Generation of Assumptions;58
10.5;The Linguistic Reconstruction of Facts;60
10.6;The Linguistic Segmentation of the Political World;63
10.7;Created Worlds;64
11;Chapter 3. National Crises and "Public Opinion " as Political Symbols;66
11.1;The Political Uses of National Crises;66
11.2;The Labeling of Crises;68
11.3;Public Opinion;72
12;Chapter 4. The Political Language of the Helping Professions;80
12.1;Therapy and Power;82
12.2;The Formal Component in Professional Language;91
12.3;Professional Imperialism;91
12.4;"Helping" as a Political Symbol;96
13;Chapter 5. The Language of Bureaucracy;100
13.1;The Political Setting of Bureaucracy;101
13.2;Administrative Ineffectiveness : Clear and Problematic;102
13.3;The Constriction of Administrative Staff;108
13.4;Jurisdiction as a Deterrent to Effectiveness;113
13.5;The Multiple Veto and Organizational Conservatism;114
13.6;"Groupthink";117
13.7;Selective Feedback;118
13.8;Bureaucratic Language as Incantation;121
13.9;Conclusion;125
14;Chapter 6. The Language of Inquiry and the Language of Authority;126
14.1;Formal Language;127
14.2;Public Language;132
14.3;The Empirical Combination of Formal and Public Languages;136
14.4;Roles as Distinct from Human Beings;140
15;Chapter 7. The Language of Participation and the Language of Resistance;142
15.1;Public and Private Issues;143
15.2;Politicization as Co-optation;144
15.3;Influence versus Formality;146
15.4;The Uses of Disorder;147
15.5;The Structuring of Perception through Politicization;149
15.6;Intense Politicization;149
15.7;Clarification and Blurring of Adversary Relations;156
15.8;Antipolitics;159
16;Chapter 8. Political Constraint throughSymbolic Reassurance;164
16.1;The Generation of Belief and of Skepticism;167
16.2;The Constriction of Perception;168
16.3;The Political Viability of Unsuccessful Policies;169
16.4;The Stultification of the Individual;175
17;Index;180
18;Institute for Research on Poverty Monograph Series
;188