Essays about: "discourse coalition theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words discourse coalition theory.

1. 1. Are climate budgets the new green? A critical study of environmental discourses in Oslo's climate budget

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Anne-Sofie Sejer Sejer Petersen; [2020]
   Keywords : Oslo; climate budget; environmental discourses; degrowth; consumption-based emissions; city GHG mitigation; environmental science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Reducing greenhouse gas emissions at the city scale continues to be of high priority. Oslo pioneered a cross-sectoral steering method ‘the climate budget’, effectively branding themselves as ’green leaders’. READ MORE

3. 2. Discursive (re)articulations of development policy in the light of Sustainable development goals: The case of Georgia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

   Author : Ivane Lomidze; [2019]
   Keywords : Discursive change and continuation; Neoliberalism and social democracy in Georgia; Sustainable Development Goals; Post-development theory; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The paper analyses the ways Georgian government produced development policy in relation to the changing global and local discursive formations of development. By bringing together post-development theory and Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse analysis method, I illustrated that the neoliberal discourse failed to generate meanings regarding social issues that created a danger of the dislocation of the discourse. READ MORE

4. 3. Rethinking Populism: ‘the People’ as a Popular Identity Subject in Bernie Sanders’ Discursive Articulation

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

   Author : Andac Baran Cezayirlioglu; [2017]
   Keywords : Populism; popular identity; collective identity; identity politics; political communication; discourse theory; antagonism; Bernie Sanders;

   Abstract : This study explores the articulation of a popular political identity by the US Senator Bernie Sanders and the political coalition he communicates. The analysis part is conducted on two levels: the construction of the populist signifier ‘the people’ and the construction of the antagonist in Sanders’ political communication. READ MORE

5. 4. A More Just Way of Living For Everybody? Stories of Language, Privilege, and a Transition Towns Movement in Eastern Canada

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Lucia Bardos; [2015]
   Keywords : Language; Transition Towns; Transition Movement; Privilege; Epistemology; Coalition Politics; Feminist Theory; Social Sciences; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : In this thesis I explore the relationship between the transition movement and social and ecological justice. Through a case study of Transition Guelph (TG), a transition town in Ontario, Canada, I discuss how TG creates a language based on binary concepts embedded in unequal power relations, and how this language informs their actions and activism. READ MORE

6. 5. Why austerity? An analysis of the coalition of Italian parties and social partners that supported the establishment of the Monti cabinet

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Marco Danieli; [2015]
   Keywords : power resources theory; Monti Mario; Italy; insiders-outsiders model; debt crisis; austerity; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The international financial crisis has hit southern European countries remarkably hard. As a consequence, governments have introduced economic austerity in order to cope with such a difficult situation. Perhaps most important, left-wing and right-wing parties have contributed to the implementation of these economic policies. READ MORE