Rhetorically defining a social institution
How Leaders Have Framed Same-Sex Marriage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6234796 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dennis Grube (University of Cambridge), Dennis C Grube (0000-0002-4000-2460, University of Cambridge, corresponding author), Elizabeth Van Acker (Griffith University) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 183-198 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10361146.2016.1260683 |
| OpenAlex | W2564967896 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 37 |
Questions about the definition, meaning and limits of marriage have become a topic of fierce political debate in advanced Western democracies over the past decade as political leaders have sought to grapple with the issue of same-sex marriage. The rhetorical choices of leaders as they have made the case for or against moving away from traditional definitions of marriage have been central to shaping the national debate within different jurisdictions. This article applies the theoretical lens of ‘discursive institutionalism’ (Schmidt) and the analytical purchase of ‘rhetorical political analysis’ (Finlayson) to compare the rhetoric of Prime Minister David Cameron in the UK, Prime Minister Tony Abbott in Australia, and President Obama in the USA. We argue that Cameron and Obama have, in different ways, each sought to discursively re-define the institution of marriage by drawing on elements already endogenous to the institution itself
Epistemology · Institution · Meaning (existential · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Prime minister · Rhetoric · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US
Justice, gender, and the family
Ideas and the Construction of Interests
The family, sex and marriage in England, 1500-1800
The Rhetorical Standards of Public Reason in Australia
Same-sex Marriage in Canada and the United States
The Transformation of Intimacy
Individualization
‘It Ain’t What You Say…’
The Personal Politics of Same‐Sex Marriage
Modern Love
From Beliefs to Arguments
Fixing the meaning of marriage
New Zealand same-sex marriage legislation in the Australian media
The Rhetorical Premiership
Discursive institutionalism and policy stasis in simple and compound polities
Race, Religion, and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage
Conservative Party Modernisation and David Cameron's Politics of the Family
The bonds of institutional language
Changing Same-Sex Marriage Attitudes in America from 1988 Through 2010
A 40-Year-Old Black Man Made the Point to Me
Rhetoric and the Political Theory of Ideologies
Partisan Attachments and Attitudes towards Same-Sex Marriage in Britain
The Artless Art
Speech Cycle? ‘Election-Defining Rhetoric’ in Westminster Democracies
Do We Really Need a New ‘Constructivist Institutionalism’ to Explain Institutional Change
Telling Our Stories
Taking ideas and discourse seriously
Discursive Institutionalism
Political Preference Formation
Obama, Neoliberalism, and the 2012 Election
Obama's Neo-New Deal
Political Science and the Three New Institutionalisms
The deinstitutionalization of American marriage
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |