TY - JOUR
T1 - Electoral Rhetoric and Political Polarization
T2 - The Begin-Peres Debates
AU - Caspi, Dan
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1986/12
Y1 - 1986/12
N2 - The article is based on a political-stylistic analysis of the first televised debates in Israel, which took place in 1977 and 1981 between Menachem Begin and Shimon Peres. It examines how the Israeli parliamentary democracy adapted and changed the debate format which originated in American presidential elections. The rhetorical strategies of the two candidates are then identified and compared to determine whether they are idiosyncratic or anchored in contrasts between their rival ideologies, focusing especially on the ‘spheres of polarization’ by which their verbal behaviours were shaped.
AB - The article is based on a political-stylistic analysis of the first televised debates in Israel, which took place in 1977 and 1981 between Menachem Begin and Shimon Peres. It examines how the Israeli parliamentary democracy adapted and changed the debate format which originated in American presidential elections. The rhetorical strategies of the two candidates are then identified and compared to determine whether they are idiosyncratic or anchored in contrasts between their rival ideologies, focusing especially on the ‘spheres of polarization’ by which their verbal behaviours were shaped.
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U2 - 10.1177/0267323186001004005
DO - 10.1177/0267323186001004005
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AN - SCOPUS:84973821152
SN - 0267-3231
VL - 1
SP - 447
EP - 462
JO - European Journal of Communication
JF - European Journal of Communication
IS - 4
ER -