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Discourse theory in European politics
identity, policy and governance
Abstract
This volume of essays employs discourse theory to analyze mainstream topics in contemporary European politics. Inspired by developments in post-structuralist, psychoanalytic and post-Marxist theory, each contributor problematizes a central issue in European governance, including European security, Third Way politics, constitutional and administrative reform, new forms of nationalism and populism, the shift from welfare to workfare, environmental politics and local government. Alongside these substantive issues, the book tackles questions raised by the difficulties of applying discourse theory to empirical cases.
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achievements, arguments, and challenges
pp.1-32
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523364_1analysing French and German discourses on state, nation, and Europe
pp.33-67
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523364_2discourse, enjoyment, and European identity
pp.68-92
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523364_3studying the shaping and effects of discursive polities
pp.93-116
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523364_4pp.117-138
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523364_5politics, power, and the law
pp.170-189
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523364_7explaining the electoral growth of the vlaams blok in Belgium
pp.190-210
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523364_8pp.231-254
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523364_10eugenic social policies and the swiss national order
pp.255-274
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523364_11from acid rain to bse
pp.297-315
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523364_13the method of articulation
pp.316-349
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523364_14Publication details
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Place: Basingstoke
Year: 2005
Pages: 364
ISBN (hardback): 978-1-4039-1719-5
ISBN (digital): 978-0-230-52336-4
Full citation:
Howarth David R., Torfing Jacob (2005) Discourse theory in European politics: identity, policy and governance. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.