The End of the Rhetorical Presidency?: Public Leadership in the Trump Era - Paperback

by Diane Heith (Author)

This book explores one of the most disruptive aspects of the Trump presidency. Exploring the communications apparatus and rhetoric (including Twitter), Diane Heath demonstrates that his individual approach has yielded changes in tone, language, style and a loss of institutional skill and capacity to lead.

Author Biography

Diane J. Heith is Professor of Government and Politics at St. John's University. She is the author of several works on the presidency, public opinion, campaigns and elections, and the media including, The Presidential Road Show: Public Leadership in an Era of Party Polarization and Media Fragmentation (2013), and Polling to Govern: Public Opinion and Presidential Leadership (2004). She is co-author of Presidents and the American Presidency (2018) and the 2016 Presidential Election Guide (2016) and co-editor of In the Public Domain: Presidents and the Challenges of Public Leadership (2005). Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Public Opinion Quarterly, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Political Science Quarterly, The Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, The Journal of Women, Politics and Policy, White House Studies and Congress and the Presidency.