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The discourse of politics in action

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The discourse of politics in action/ Ruth Wodak.
Author:	Wodak, Ruth,
Published:	New York :Palgrave Macmillan,, : 2009.,
Description:	xvi, 252 p. ;24 cm.;
Subject:	Political science - European Union countries. -
Subject:	European Union countries - Social conditions. -
Online resource:	access to fulltext (Palgrave)
ISBN:	9780230233683

The discourse of politics in action
Wodak, Ruth,1950-

The discourse of politics in action[electronic resource] /Ruth Wodak. - New York :Palgrave Macmillan,,2009. - xvi, 252 p. ;24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. 'Doing Politics' -- 2. The (Ir)rationality of Politics -- 3. 'Politics as Usual' on the 'European Stage': Constructing and Performing 'European Identities' -- 4. One Day in the Life of an MEP -- 5. Everyday Politics in Television: Fiction and/or Reality? -- 6. Order or Disorder- Fiction orReality? The Implications of 'Power and Knowledge Management' on 'Politics as Usual' -- Appendix. Original German Data (Chapter 3)

Nowadays we have unprecedented levels of access to information; politics and the media share a closer relationship than ever before, and the more successful politicians acquire the status of quasi-celebrities. Despite this, there is widespread disenchantment with politics, a growing cynicism about the political process, and much concern about the so-called 'democratic deficit'. And yet, howmuch do we actually know about the real world of politics? Is our eroding trust in politicians basedon a lack of understanding about the activities they actually engage in? In an extensive critical ethnography of the European Parliament, typical 'orders and disorders of discourse' are identified that illustratethe discursive mechanisms by which politics are organised in this and other (transnational, national and regional) arenas. The intricate complexity of 'power-knowledge' in the daily questfor hegemony is analysedin detail, carefully documenting politicians' movement across many 'communities of practice', employing a huge range of genres, conversational styles, argumentative moves, and(in)direct pragmatic devices, as part of their 'professional habitus'. Furthermore, the critical discourse analysis is juxtaposed with its fictionalised representation in the American TV soap The West Wing, which constructs an idealised version of this 'backstage', conveying to a global audience a highly simplistic account of what politics entails. This book goes behind the scenes of politics, uncovering the reality of daily 'politics as usual', and contrasting this with the glamorised, often sensationalised world of politics presented to us on television.

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.

Mode of access:World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230233683Subjects--Corporate Names:

227631
European Parliament
--Case studies.Subjects--Topical Terms:

306263
Political science
--European Union countries.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

200787
European Union countries
--Social conditions.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

96803
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JA84.E9 / W63 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 320.01

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