Francis A. Beer is Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado, Boulder. His works include Meanings of War and Peace and Post Realism: The Rhetorical Turn in International Relations.
Christ’l De Landtsheer is Professor of Communication at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. She is a co-editor, with Ofer Feldman, of Politically Speaking: A Worldwide Examination of Language Used in the Public SphereBeyond Public Speech and Symbols: Explorations in the Rhetoric of Politicians and the Media. Two of her recent books deal with Political Impression Management in Flanders and in The Netherlands and with Integrating Cross National Research on Authoritarianism, Socialization, Communications and Youth Policy.