Constructing and De-constructing the ACP Group

Actors, Strategies and Consequences for Development

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3948312
AutoresNikki Slocum-Bradley (United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies, autor correspondente)
Ano2007
Volume12
Fascículo4
Páginas635-655
Data de publicação2007-09-28
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGeopolitics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14650040701546095
OpenAlexW2063368649
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10

This article examines how the African-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) Group is constructed and deconstructed in discourse. Positioning Theory is introduced as a theoretical and analytical framework for understanding how social reality is discursively constructed. The article analyses how the ACP Group and other actors are generated and given meaning within various discursive contexts. This discourse is compared with other practices, and the positionings engendered through each are compared. The concept of discursive space is introduced as a mechanism to explain how positionings influence people's actions, and actual and potential consequences for development of the analysed discourses are discussed

Epistemology · Linguistics · Social constructionism · Social reality · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Mathematics · Philosophy