ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HERESTHETIC
Coined, originally in the form heresthetics, by the US political scientist William Riker (1921–93), from Greek hairein to choose.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HERESTHETIC»
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heresthetic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Strategy of Campaigning: Lessons from Ronald Reagan and ...
Principles of Campaigning: Heresthetic and Rhetoric Institutional context may
shape the extent to which a successful campaigner emphasizes private rewards
or public benefits, but whatever the institutional context, one must also have the ...
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Serhiy Kudelia, Condoleezza Rice, 2008
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Panorama of a Presidency: How George W. Bush Acquired and ...
The strategy underlying Bush's aggressive use of formal executive powers and
attempts at partisan domination of Congress involved less direct rhetorical
persuasion of rival political actors than heresthetic manipulation of the choice
situations ...
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The Encyclopedia of Public Choice
The purpose of rhetoric may be to change the beliefs of agents, whereas that of
heresthetic is to change the meaning, or understanding, of the consequence of a
particular choice. Possibly the most well-known example given by Riker of an ...
Charles Rowley, Friedrich Schneider, 2005
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The Limits of Public Choice: A Sociological Critique of the ...
In his version, agenda control appears as one form of heresthetic, or the art of
manipulating conditions of choice (Riker, 1986; 1990a: 47–54). Other forms of
heresthetic are strategic voting and manipulation of dimensions, or redefinition of
the ...
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Inside Political Campaigns: Theory and Practice
He calls it the "heresthetic": Heresthetic is a word I have coined to refer to a
political strategy. Its root is a Greek word for choosing and electing. While it is
related to rhetoric, the art of verbal persuasion, still heresthetic differs from
rhetoric ...
Karen S. Johnson-Cartee, Gary Copeland, 1997
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Rushed to Judgment: Talk Radio, Persuasion, and American ...
To review, both heresthetic andrhetoric are tools ata propagandist's disposal
when trying toinduce some belief, choice, or behavior.Rhetoric involves
attemptingto persuadean audience by providing theaudience withnew
information—even if ...
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Tropes of Politics: Science, Theory, Rhetoric, Action
Overturning Argument in Political Science lytical theory with what he called
heresthetic and almost everybody else terms rhetoric. Riker coined heresthetic to
name a sort of study of the strategy of decision. I take action to encompass more
than ...
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Advances in the Spatial Theory of Voting
The distinction between these strategies is that rhetoric consists of an appeal to
the reason or emotion of the auditor, while heresthetic requires no appeal
because it consists of a redefinition of the situation. Sometimes, of course,
redefinition is ...
James M. Enelow, Melvin J. Hinich, 1990
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Campaign Dynamics: The Race for Governor
Candidates hoping to create heresthetic change should limit their campaigns to
only one or a few dominant themes. This limitation places a constraint on
campaigns. However, the fact that only a limited number of dimensions will be
salient to ...
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Letting the People Decide: Dynamics of a Canadian Election
Riker (1984) contrasts rhetoric and heresthetic by saying that "rhetoric involves
converting others by persuasive argument, whereas heresthetic involves
structuring the situation so that others accept it willingly" (p. 8). Both persuasion
and ...
Richard Johnston, Andre Blais, 1992
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HERESTHETIC»
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heresthetic is used in the context of the following news items.
Flag debate votes a biased process - Mallard
"Designing a process where it is pretty obvious you are trying to split the current majority against the flag, which is a heresthetic, doing that and ... «New Zealand Herald, May 15»
6 reasons real conservatives should defy Republicans and support …
But Republicans should be wary of that kind of cynical heresthetic. Lumping net neutrality in with big government is not only internally ... «The Verge, Nov 14»
