The Clinton campaign for health-care reform : epistemology in a populist rhetoric /
a truly populist model of legislative process, whereby the
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1995.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | a truly populist model of legislative process, whereby the and naive assumption: that he could control public sentiment, became evident in Clinton's reaction when popular opinion chance to achieve meaningful health-care reform. Clinton based his political messages upon populist themes, Clinton lost his sense of the public will, lost his Clinton's implicit theory of rhetoric contained a mistaken credibility in the health-care debate, and lost his best describing a model of political action that was founded upon During his campaign for office and early presidency, Bill extended his populist approach beyond mere oratory to develop forcing Congress to pass specific legislation. This conflict public would investigate legislative options and participate reconcile his competing commitments to populism and reform, the Health Security Act in September 1993, the president the notion of popular sovereignty. When he began to promote turned against health-care reform. Because he failed to via messages to Congress in an informal policy referendum. |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Speech Communication". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | v, 124 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |