Leaders and legitimacy: Lessons from two Labor leadership transitions

Rayner, Jennifer

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“…These examples illustrate the claim that the rhetorical analysis of standards of deliberation does not deal with philosophical disciplines or cognitive processes but with the ability to portray political action as consistent with accepted values. Gillard’s deposition of an elected Prime Minister was portrayed by the Opposition as favouring the interests of the Labor party over the democratic process, a tactic widely perceived to have effectively delegitimised Gillard’s actions and her prime ministership (Rayner, 2014: 78). ‘Democracy’ was thus an attack value in this instance, and it was successfully used to impugn the actions of a political party that was acting in perfect accord with parliamentary and constitutional conventions.…”

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Rhetoric or Deliberation? The Case for Rhetorical Political Analysis

Walter

2016

Political Studies

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This article joins together recent work in rhetorical political analysis with methodological advances made in intellectual history to prospect a historical and linguistic approach to public reason and deliberation. It is offered as an alternative to currently dominant approaches that emphasise philosophical and normative understanding, especially those associated with the ‘deliberative turn’ in democratic theory. This alternative approach is developed by identifying two points of methodological divergence between a rhetorical and philosophical orientation to deliberation. First, a rhetorical approach will study standards of deliberation that are endogenous to a society instead of imposing them on the basis of one form of philosophical reason or another. Second, rhetorical analysis does not conceive of deliberation as consensus reached through non-coerced reflection but as the strategic deployment of shared linguistic resources in a context of contingently unfolding non-linguistic events.

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Section: Internal Standards Of Deliberationmentioning

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Rhetoric or Deliberation? The Case for Rhetorical Political Analysis

Walter

2016

Political Studies

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Julia Gillard: Dealing With the Burden of Leadership

Masters

Uhr

2017

Leadership Performance and Rhetoric

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Measuring prime ministerial brands: Exploring Needham’s framework for assessing the UK’s Boris Johnson and the Greek konstantinos mitsotakis

Koliastasis,

Lilleker

2024

International Journal of Market Research

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Using political branding as an analytical lens can help explain the emotional connections and evaluative perceptions citizens have regarding political parties and their leaders. Measuring what makes a successful brand is best usually conducted with the benefit of hindsight, we can explain why a brand was a success or a failure based on public opinion data and attribute this to events. However, our research seeks to test the extent that analysis of strategic communication can offer opportunities to predict outcomes. We explore the communication of two prime ministerial brands who, due to their similarities and differences, offer an opportunity to assess the extent that the dimensions of a successful brand are universal. We employ Needham’s framework, developed to demonstrate why the brand of UK prime minister Tony Blair (1997–2008) proved so popular. We find that the dimensions of a successful brand are present in the strategic communication of both premiers. However, we find that the nature of some brands may make them appropriate for campaigning, but not for governance in challenging times. We argue that political brands need to be consistent, but once in government must be adaptable for the changing conditions and develop an appropriate style to accommodate the challenges facing a prime minister in the 21st century.

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Leaders and legitimacy: Lessons from two Labor leadership transitions

Cited by 3 publications

References 7 publications

Rhetoric or Deliberation? The Case for Rhetorical Political Analysis

Rhetoric or Deliberation? The Case for Rhetorical Political Analysis

Julia Gillard: Dealing With the Burden of Leadership

Measuring prime ministerial brands: Exploring Needham’s framework for assessing the UK’s Boris Johnson and the Greek konstantinos mitsotakis

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