Referendum Debate
Year Two
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12286796 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Torrance (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 84 (First Serie |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 17-40 |
| Publication date | 2013-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scottish Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0966-0356 • E-ISSN: 2053-888X |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/scot.2013.0026 |
| OpenAlex | W830766111 |
| Language | EN |
Mario Cuomo's most repeated quote holds that politicians ought to 'campaign in poetry' but 'govern in prose'. The former New York governor was making an obvious point: that while the business of government necessarily involves the explanation of public policy in ordinary, layman's language, actually securing victory in the first place was often made easier through the use of poetry, oratory designed to inspire and therefore secure the necessary majority of votes
Art · Government (linguistics · Governor · Law and economics · Linguistics · Literature · Poetry · Point (geometry · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Referendum · Sociology · Victory · Engineering · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Political Systems and Governance
| Highly cited | No |
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