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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Information

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2004

ISBN

9780230523364

Topic

Politics & International Relations

Subtopic

European Politics

Index

Politics & International Relations

Cover
Half-Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
Discourse Theory: Achievements, Arguments, and Challenges
1. European Integration and Security: Analysing French and German Discourses on State, Nation, and Europe
2. Passions of Identification: Discourse, Enjoyment, and European Identity
3. Polity as Politics: Studying the Shaping and Effects of Discursive Polities
4. Problematizing the Mobilization of Hospital Directors
5. Political Administration
6. The Human Rights Act: Politics, Power, and the Law
7. Right-wing Populism and the Radical Centre: Explaining the Electoral Growth of the Vlaams Blok in Belgium
8. Third Way Politics Today
9. New Labour's Politics of the Hard-working Family
10. From Welfare to Social Exclusion: Eugenic Social Policies and the Swiss National Order
11. Media Discourse and the Public Sphere
12. Coalitions, Practices, and Meaning in Environmental Politics: From Acid Raid to BSE
Applying Discourse Theory: the Method of Articulation
Index