The rhetorical presidency meets the unitary executive: Implications for presidential rhetoric on public policy

Rhetoric and Public Affairs

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-35

  Beasley, Vanessa B ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78650096683     PISSN: 10948392     EISSN: 15345238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rap.0.0135     Document Type: Review

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