Discourse Theory in European Politics: Identity, Policy and Governance

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Notes on Contributors......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 18
Introduction......Page 20
Achievements......Page 21
Three generations of discourse theory......Page 24
The genealogy of post-structuralist discourse theory......Page 28
Post-structuralist discourse theory in a nutshell......Page 32
Common concerns responding......Page 36
The added value of discourse theory......Page 40
Challenges to discourse theory......Page 43
Some initial responses......Page 45
Plan of the book......Page 47
Bibliography......Page 49
Discourse analysis as a theory of foreign policy......Page 52
Discourse and structure......Page 54
Method......Page 57
France, Germany, and Europe......Page 61
Where does it lead?......Page 78
Notes......Page 79
Bibliography......Page 82
Introduction......Page 87
Passions of identification I: discourse and enjoyment......Page 89
Passions of identification II: constructing European identity......Page 99
Conclusion......Page 108
Bibliography......Page 109
Introduction......Page 112
Considerations on method......Page 117
The case study: polity and politics in Skanderborg and Hylke......Page 121
Conclusion......Page 132
Bibliography......Page 134
4 Problematizing the Mobilization of Hospital Directors......Page 136
Forging discourse coalitions......Page 137
The transition of the SNCH to health policy lobby......Page 140
Forging a modernizing coalition within the SNCH......Page 146
Conclusions......Page 154
Bibliography......Page 155
Introduction......Page 158
Analytical strategy......Page 160
An analysis of form of the difference......Page 166
An analysis of the semantics of the administrative policy as politics about the difference politics/administration......Page 171
Conclusion: differentiation of a reflexive subsystem......Page 180
Bibliography......Page 186
Introduction......Page 189
Introduction of the HRA: competing interpretations......Page 191
\'Generations\' and \'waves\' of rights......Page 195
Methodological considerations: the value of a discourse theory approach......Page 198
Conclusion......Page 205
Notes......Page 206
Bibliography......Page 207
The electoral upsurge of the Vlaams Blok......Page 209
Separatist nationalism and authoritarian xenophobic populism......Page 211
Explaining the upsurge of the Vlaams Blok......Page 213
Defending democracy: counter-strategies......Page 216
The neo-revisionism of the radical centre......Page 217
Politics without adversaries…and its threatening outside......Page 220
Conclusion......Page 223
Notes......Page 225
Introduction......Page 230
The Third Way: left, right, or centre?......Page 231
Discourse theory and political ideology......Page 233
The Third Way \'repertoire\' in European ideology......Page 236
Embracing antagonism: radical democracy and the Third Way......Page 243
Conclusion......Page 247
Bibliography......Page 248
9 New Labour\'s Politics of the Hard-working Family......Page 250
The dislocation of Labour\'s traditional appeal: a European perspective......Page 252
Post-industrial society......Page 253
The contradictions of New Labour discourse......Page 256
The hard-working family: ignoble beginnings......Page 258
The hard-working family: identifying a nodal point......Page 260
Community as an empty signifier......Page 263
New Labour\'s political subject......Page 265
Notes......Page 268
Bibliography......Page 270
Introduction......Page 274
Method: Foucauldian discourse analysis......Page 275
Governmentality, pastoral power, and national identity......Page 277
Tales of heredity and degeneration......Page 281
Eugenics and social policies......Page 285
Concluding remarks......Page 289
Notes......Page 290
Bibliography......Page 291
The significance of trivia......Page 294
Media in the media......Page 295
The debate as government......Page 296
The debate as an articulation of universal and particular meanings......Page 298
The debate: \'Fingers off Frederic\', Reimer Bo 21 October 1998......Page 299
The politics of truth in the debate......Page 308
The debate as public sphere......Page 310
Conclusion......Page 312
Notes......Page 313
Bibliography......Page 314
12 Coalitions, Practices, and Meaning in Environmental Politics: From Acid Rain to BSE......Page 316
Discourse-coalitions in politics......Page 318
Argumentative Discourse Analysis......Page 324
Notes......Page 333
Bibliography......Page 334
Applying Discourse Theory: the Method of Articulation......Page 335
Discourse theory and the question of method......Page 336
Application, articulation, and explanation......Page 340
Research strategies......Page 348
Data as text, text as data......Page 354
Analysing text......Page 360
The construction of subjectivity......Page 362
Conclusion......Page 364
Notes......Page 365
Bibliography......Page 366
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