Discourse Theory And Political Analysis
How can recent developments in post-structuralist, post-Marxist and psychoanalytic theory actually inform ongoing empirical research? What are the appropriate methods and strategies for conducting research in discourse theory and analysis? How can concepts such as hegemony, identity, the imaginary, dislocation and empty signifiers illuminate key aspects of contemporary society and politics?\ This multi-focal work brings together commissioned contributions from the Essex School of Political...
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How can recent developments in post-structuralist, post-Marxist, and psychoanalytical theory actually inform ongoing empirical research? What are the appropriate methods and research strategies for conducting research in discourse theory and analysis? How can concepts such as hegemony, identity, the imaginary, dislocation, and empty signifiers illuminate key aspects of contemporary society and politics? This pathbreaking and multi-focal book contains a clear introductory statement of the theoretical approach used, and concludes with an assessment of the future directions of discourse theory in the social sciences.
Introducing Discourse Theory and Political Analysis--David Howarth & Yannis Stavrakakis • The Political Frontiers of the Social Argentine Politics after Peronism (1955-1973)--Sebastian Barros & Gustavo Castagnola • Inter-War French Fascism and the Neo-Socialism of Marcel Deat--Steve Bastow • New Environmental Movements and Direct Action Protest--Steven Griggs & David Howarth • Provisionalism and the (Im)Possibility of Justice in Northern Ireland--Anthony Clohesy • The Mexican Revolutionary Mystique--Rosa Nidia Buenfil Burgos • On the Emergence of Green Ideology--Yannis Stavrakakis • The Construction of Romanian Social Democracy, 1989–1996--Kevin Adamson • Beyond Being Gay--P. Sik-Ying Ho & A. Kat Tat Tsang • The Secret and the Promise: Women’s Struggles in Chiapas--Neil Harvey & Chris Halverson • The Difficult Emergence of a Democratic Imaginary--David Howarth • Democracy as the Limit of Kemalist Hegemony--Nur Betul Celik • Sex and the Limits of Discourse--Jason Glynos • Future Trajectories of Research in Discourse Theory--Aletta Norval
