The Birth of the Political Consultant: Some Historical Insights into a Professional Culture

1 IntroductionThe aim of this research paper is to study political consultants’ history in the United States to understand the process through which they became full-fledged professionals. This will be a first stage towards examining political consulting as a specialized milieu and as the source of...

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Auteur principal: Védrines, Mathilde
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Publié: ASp 2025
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Résumé:1 IntroductionThe aim of this research paper is to study political consultants’ history in the United States to understand the process through which they became full-fledged professionals. This will be a first stage towards examining political consulting as a specialized milieu and as the source of a specialized discourse. The approach adopted in this research note lies at the crossroads between American civilization—more precisely political science—and English for Specific Purposes (ESP). T...