A Rhetorical Political Analysis of Theresa May’s Statecraft on Brexit

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6312434
AutoresSamuel Marlow-Steven, Samuel Marlow-Stevens (University of Leeds), Richard Hayton (0000-0002-9899-0035, University of Leeds, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen74
Número4
Páginas871-889
Fecha de publicación2021-09-09
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaParliamentary Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0031-2290 • E-ISSN: 1460-2482
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/pa/gsaa014
OpenAlexW3035082462
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas26

By way of Rhetorical Political Analysis, this article argues that May’s rhetoric on Brexit undermined her statecraft and with it her capacity to deliver Britain’s departure from the European Union. Utilising Jim Bulpitt’s (1986) conception of statecraft, our analysis reveals how May’s rhetoric prioritised party management and the politics of support, but in so doing yielded political argument hegemony to Brexiteers, impeding the passing of her Brexit deal and damaging her capacity for governing competence. We evidence these arguments by analysing the appeals to ethos, pathos and logos in May’s key speeches between July 2016 and July 2019, ranging from her first as Prime Minister to her last

Argument (complex analysis · Brexit · Economics · Ethos · European union · International trade · Legitimacy · Linguistics · Pathos · Political economy · Political rhetoric · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Irish and British Studies · Law · Philosophy · Political and Economic history of UK and US