Political Debasement: Incivility, Contempt, and Humiliation in Parliamentary and Public Discourse

This edited book is an innovative collection of studies—pioneering scholarship systematically exploring the various features of debasement language used by political leaders in their speeches, statements, and remarks during parliamentary and other official as well as unofficial, private activities. The book examines in particular the forms, functions, and effects of political debasement in Western and non—Western countries, including Spain, Malaysia, the UK, Japan, China, India, Montenegro,...