Discourse and Democracy: Critical Analysis of the Language of Government

ISBN-13: 9781138549098 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 148 str.

Michael Farrelly

Opis

This critical examination of democracy in advanced liberal nations combines close analysis of discourse with theories of democracy and the State.  Building on the work of Fairclough, and others, the book analyses the paradox of pervasive reference to democracy in legitimizing political action versus the weakening of actual democratic practice.

Spis treści

1. The Paradox of Contemporary Democracy  2. Representing Which Democracy?  3. Analysing Democracy in Texts  4. Representing Democracy in National Practices of Government Politics  5. Representing Democracy and Enacting Forums in City Practices of Government  6. Ideology and Democracy

O autorze

Michael Farrelly is Lecturer in English Language at the University of Hull, UK.