Culture, Rhetoric, and Voting: The Presidential Election of 2012 - Softcover

The presidential election of 2012 was among the most important in American history, both for the policies that will persist due to its result as well as the national political transformation it portends. The contest’s outcome was the product of complex and fast-moving societal changes— demographic, technological, and economic— surfacing in American society. This volume, consisting of writings by leading scholars of American politics and the American presidency, examines the 2012 presidential election in its many facets. Particularly prominent in these analyses are: psychology, religion, and culture, rhetoric, and voting.

Jack Covarrubias is the director of the Center for Policy and Resilience at the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast in Long Beach, Mississippi. Covarrubias is a member of the governing board of the National Social Science Association and is coeditor of the journal White House Studies. Over several years in the military and in the academic sphere his research interests have ranged from security studies, American foreign policy, and the office of the President. He has published numerous works, including most recently The Obama Presidency: A Preliminary Assessment (2012) and Fostering Community Resilience: Homeland Security and Hurricane Katrina (2010).