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Discourse Theory in European Politics

Identity, Policy and Governance

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  • © 2005

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  1. David Howarth

    1. University of Essex, UK

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  2. Jacob Torfing

    1. Roskilde University, Denmark

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Discourse Theory: Achievements, Arguments, and Challenges

    • Jacob Torfing
    Pages 1-32

  3. European Integration and Security: Analysing French and German Discourses on State, Nation, and Europe

    • Ole Wcever
    Pages 33-67

  4. Passions of Identification: Discourse, Enjoyment, and European Identity

    • Yannis Stavrakakis
    Pages 68-92

  5. Polity as Politics: Studying the Shaping and Effects of Discursive Polities

    • Allan Dreyer Hansen, Eva Sørensen
    Pages 93-116

  6. Problematizing the Mobilization of Hospital Directors

    • Steven Griggs
    Pages 117-138

  7. Political Administration

    • Niels Ã…kerstrøm Andersen
    Pages 139-169

  8. The Human Rights Act: Politics, Power, and the Law

    • Anthony M. Clohesy
    Pages 170-189

  9. Right-wing Populism and the Radical Centre: Explaining the Electoral Growth of the Vlaams Blok in Belgium

    • Patrick de Vos
    Pages 190-210

  10. Third Way Politics Today

    • Steven Bastow, James Martin
    Pages 211-230

  11. New Labour’s Politics of the Hard-working Family

    • Oscar Reyes
    Pages 231-254

  12. From Welfare to Social Exclusion: Eugenic Social Policies and the Swiss National Order

    • Véronique Mottier
    Pages 255-274

  13. Media Discourse and the Public Sphere

    • Lili Chouliaraki
    Pages 275-296

  14. Coalitions, Practices, and Meaning in Environmental Politics: From Acid Rain to BSE

    • Maarten A. Hajer
    Pages 297-315

  15. Applying Discourse Theory: the Method of Articulation

    • David Howarth
    Pages 316-349

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 351-364
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Essex, UK

    David Howarth

  • Roskilde University, Denmark

    Jacob Torfing

About the editors

NIELS ÅKERSTRØM ANDERSEN Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark STEVE BASTOW Senior Lecturer in Politics, Kingston University, UK LILIE CHOULIARIAKI Associate professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark ANTHONY CLOHESY Lecturer in Politics, University of Essex, UK STEVEN GRIGGS Lecturer on Public Policy, Birmingham University, UK MAARTEN A. HAJER Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands ALLAN DREYER HANSEN Associate Profesor in Public Administration, Roskilde University, Denmark JAMES MARTIN Lecturer in Politics, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK VERONIQUE MOTTIER Teaching Fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge, UK OSCAR REYES Department of Government, University of Essex, UK EVA SØRENSEN Professor of Public Administration, Roskilde University, Denmark YANNIS STAVRAKAKIS Research Fellow, Department of Politics, University of Nottingham, UK PATRICK DE VOS Ghent University, Belgium OLE WAEVER Professor of International Politics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

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