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The Clinton campaign for health-care reform: epistemology in a populist rhetoric
dc.creator | Leugs, Michael Edward Carpenter | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T22:41:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T22:41:18Z | |
dc.date.created | 1995 | |
dc.date.issued | 1995 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1995-THESIS-L48 | |
dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references. | en |
dc.description | Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. | en |
dc.description.abstract | During his campaign for office and early presidency, Bill Clinton based his political messages upon populist themes, describing a model of political action that was founded upon the notion of popular sovereignty. When he began to promote the Health Security Act in September 1993, the president extended his populist approach beyond mere oratory to develop a truly populist model of legislative process, whereby the public would investigate legislative options and participate via messages to Congress in an informal policy referendum. Clinton's implicit theory of rhetoric contained a mistaken and naive assumption: that he could control public sentiment, forcing Congress to pass specific legislation. This conflict became evident in Clinton's reaction when popular opinion turned against health-care reform. Because he failed to reconcile his competing commitments to populism and reform, Clinton lost his sense of the public will, lost his credibility in the health-care debate, and lost his best chance to achieve meaningful health-care reform. | en |
dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
dc.subject | speech communication. | en |
dc.subject | Major speech communication. | en |
dc.title | The Clinton campaign for health-care reform: epistemology in a populist rhetoric | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | speech communication | en |
thesis.degree.name | M.A. | en |
thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
dc.type.material | text | en |
dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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