Title The discourse of politics in action : politics as usual / Ruth Wodak

Published Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 252 pages) : illustrations Contents Cover; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Photographs; Preface; 1 'Doing Politics'; 1 Public politics: the 'frontstage'; 1.1 Performing politics; 1.2 Communicating politics; 2 Staging politics: integrating performance, habitus, communities of practice, and the discursive construction of professional identities; 3 Looking behind the scenes: the 'backstage'; 4 Politics/politicians and the media; 4.1 Media and crisis: broadcasting 'snapshots'; 4.2 Disenchantment with politics: fictionalization of everyday politics in the media; 5 Relevant dimensions for the study of everyday politics 2 The (Ir)rationality of Politics1 The many -- presupposed -- meanings of 'doing politics'; 2 Discourse, politics and power; 2.1 Inter/trans/multidisciplinarity and 'relevance'; 2.2 Power and critique; 2.3 Discourse, text and context: the Discourse-Historical Approach in CDA; 3 Power, knowledge and presuppositions; 4 Orders and disorders: analysing organizational everyday routines; 3 'Politics as Usual' on the 'European Stage': Constructing and Performing 'European Identities'; 1 Introduction: Quo vadis, Europe?; 2 Multiple identities in the European Parliament 2.1 The European Parliament: in the aftermath of the European Convention2.2 Constructing Europeanness: the European Parliament; 2.3 La tribu exotique; 2.4 Individual/social/collective identities; 3 On being an MEP; 3.1 Talking to MEPs; 4 On being European; 4.1 'What does ""European"" mean for you?'; 4.2 'Constructing Europeanness': discourse analysis of selected interview sequences; 4.3 Visions of Europe; 5 Some concluding thoughts; 4 One Day in the Life of an MEP; 1 Long days and much paper; 2 Ways of knowing: framework for analysing ethnographic data; 3 Starting the day; 4 Committee meeting 5 The missed photo opportunity6 Lunch; 7 Evening lecture; 8 'Doing politics': performing backstage; 5 Everyday Politics in Television: Fiction and/or Reality?; 1 The 'American Dream'?; 2 The fictionalization of politics; 3 Politics and media; 4 Constructing the modern hero; 4.1 Wild West and The West Wing; 4.2 Genre and 'plot' -- The West Wing episode 'Commencement'; 4.3 Politicizing fiction; 5 Conclusions; 6 Order or Disorder -- Fiction or Reality? The Implications of 'Power and Knowledge Management' on 'Politics as Usual'; 1 'Banal' politics? 2 An integrated interdisciplinary theoretical framework3 Representation and legitimation; 4 Expectations and disappointments; 5 The fictionalization of politics and the politicization of fiction; Appendix: Original German Data (Chapter 3); Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z Summary An interdisciplinary study providing first-hand evidence of the everyday lives of politicians; what politicians actually do on 'the backstage' in political organizations. The book offers answers to the widely discussed phenomena of disenchantment with politics and depoliticization Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-240) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject European Parliament -- Officials and employees -- Case studies SUBJECT European Parliament fast European Parliament -- Officials and employees -- Case studies. nli Subject Political science -- European Union countries Communication in politics -- European Union countries Mass media -- Political aspects. PHILOSOPHY -- Political. Politics and government Communication in politics Employees Mass media -- Political aspects Political science Political science -- European Union countries. Communication in politics -- European Union countries. Mass media -- Political aspects -- European Union countries. Kommunikation i politiken. Massmedia -- politiska aspekter. SUBJECT European Union countries -- Politics and government Subject European Union countries European Union countries -- Politics and government. EU-länderna -- politik och förvaltning. Genre/Form Case studies Case studies. Études de cas. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230316539 0230316530 9780230233683 0230233686

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