Essays about: "Discursive Closure"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Discursive Closure.

1. 1. Sweden's Immigration Governance. A Critical Analysis of how the Policies and the DiscourseCorrespond : A Qualitative Study of Sweden's Immigration Governance and the Discourse Surrounding it from 2015 to 2022

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Filippa Moum; [2022]
   Keywords : Immigration; Sweden; Policies; Governance;

   Abstract : Immigration into Sweden has since 2015 been a well-discussed area in the public debates. Some argue for more closure while some towards greater openness, due to this increased visibility in public discourse it is a widely shared assumption that migration policies, in general, have become more restrictive while in many studies the case shows to be the contrary when comparing the discourse to the actual laws. READ MORE

3. 2. The discursive battle for Lysekil : An argumentative discourse analysis of the Swedish Preem refinery debate

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Torsten Blad; [2020]
   Keywords : Preemraff; Lysekil; argumentative discourse analysis; discourse coalitions; storylines;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the role of discourse in our understanding of environmental issues, using an argumentative discourse analytical approach developed by Maarten Hajer. The case under study is the public debate around the Preem refinery expansion in the Swedish town of Lysekil, which mainly took place between 2019–2020. READ MORE

4. 3. How the story of control limits the reproduction of knowledge : a study of narratives in the Swedish Climate Policy Action Plan

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Jonas Linde; [2020]
   Keywords : Climate Change; Master narratives; Story of control; Discourse; Narratives; Storylines; Swedish climate policy; De-politicization; Apocalyptic imaginary; Frontrunner; Sweden; Green Keynesianism; Power; Knowledge; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Responses to combating worsening climate change are legitimized through narratives employed in government policy which build on existing master narratives about climate change produced in the subpolitics of international mega-science mainly influenced by IPCC as an expert authority. In Sweden the climate law forces the government to produce a Climate Policy Action Plan (CPAP) every four years that seeks to show how the set net zero emission target by 2045 is to be reached. READ MORE

5. 4. The Distorted Communication of a City

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

   Author : Mattias Hallén; [2018]
   Keywords : Place branding; city branding; value construction; value destruction; entrepreneurialism; discursive closure; justification logics; strategic communication; post-industrial city; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study argues that there is a problem in previous literature regarding theunderstanding of value in city brand communication. Value construction has been overemphasized, at the expenses of value destruction, which is problematic because there is a mutual relationship between value construction and destruction. READ MORE

6. 5. Depoliticizing feminism? The transformation of an ideology-charged concept in a nation branding context

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

   Author : Isabelle Karlsson; [2018]
   Keywords : nation branding; public diplomacy; diplomacy; feminism; critical perspec- tive; discursive closure; systematically distorted communication; power struggle; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Although feminism is an ideologically-charged concept that allows for various interpretations, Sweden employs a feminist foreign policy with the aim of gender equality. Sweden also seizes the value of feminism in its nation branding efforts. This study problematizes Sweden’s use of feminism as nation branding concept. READ MORE