Browsing by Author "Harrington, Clodagh"

Between rhetoric and reality: truth and the Republican oratory of Condoleezza Rice

This chapter focuses, through the Aristotelian lens, on the rhetorcial capacity and impact of Condoleezza Rice. Acting as National Security Advisor and later Secretary of State for President GW Bush, Rice made a number of ...

The ethical record of the Bush Presidency.

Harrington, Clodagh (Book chapter)

Grab 'Em by the Legacy: Rolling Back the Years With President Trump

Harrington, Clodagh (Book chapter)

Historically, Donald Trump’s position on women’s reproductive rights has not been particularly clear. Mindful of the social conservatives among his voting base, on the 2016 campaign trail he offered staunchly anti-abortion ...

This chapter examines the rise of the Tea Party movement in the US during the early days of the Obama administration. The contradictions, conflicts and energy of this mixed bag of conservatives, libertarians and evangelicals ...

Obama's Washington: Political Leadership in a Partisan Era

Harrington, Clodagh (Book)

This volume examines the array of challenges facing the Obama administration and the president himself. Topics range from how best to manage a ruptured economy to controlling the budget, the green agenda, foreign policy, ...

Obama's Washington: political leadership in a partisan era.

Harrington, Clodagh (Book)

The politics of food: sense and sustainability.

Harrington, Clodagh (Book chapter)

SNAP: the Sound of the Food Chain Breaking

Harrington, Clodagh (Book chapter)

The Tea Party Movement: The New Mad Hatters?

Harrington, Clodagh (Book chapter)

Watergate and scandal politics: the rise and fall of the special prosecutor

Harrington, Clodagh (Book chapter)

Watergate and Scandal Politics: the Rise and Fall of the Special Prosecutor This chapter will examine the emergence of the Special Prosecutor in American politics during the Watergate crisis and how as a result the office ...