Political communication and leadership : mimetisation, Hugo Chávez and the construction of power and identity /

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Author / Creator:Block, Elena, author.
Imprint:New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.
©2016
Description:xviii, 265 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Routledge studies in global information, politics and society ; 7
Routledge studies in global information, politics and society ; 7.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10373618
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ISBN:9781138905030
1138905038
9781315694436
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Series Editors' Foreword
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Preface: "You too are Chavez"|xvii
  • Part I.
  • 1. Janus and Chavez: Exploring an intriguing political communication style
  • 2. A Theoretical Architecture to Understand Chávez: A five-tiered framework to examine political communication
  • 3. Mixed Method and Variables in the Analysis: The study of the imaginaries
  • Part II.
  • 4. The Soft Phase (1999-2000): The emotionalisation of power and the rise of the Bolivarian anti-political hero
  • 5. The Adversarial Phase (2000-2003): The mediatised polarisation of power and the brief fall of the hero
  • 6. The Radical Phase (2003-2006): The missionesque rise of the populist redeemer
  • 7. Mimetic Closure (2006-2013): When the people became Chávez
  • 8. The Conclusions: Mimetisation, Hugo Chávez, and the construction of power and identity
  • Appendix 1. Periodisation summary
  • Appendix 2. Elite interviews
  • Index