Dr Malgorzata Paprota (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland)
Analysing political discourse in the British press during a time of crisis and austerity, this book examines how the concept of the welfare state has been constructed between 2008 and 2015. At a time when the financial crisis and government policies have put the welfare state under increased pressure, a corpus from four British newspapers from across the political spectrum - the Guardian, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, and Daily Telegraph - is brought together to investigate the political debate on its evaluation and the ambiguity about its exact definition. Combining two theoretical approaches,...
Analysing political discourse in the British press during a time of crisis and austerity, this book examines how the concept of the welfare state has ...
