Horses for Courses? The Political Discourse of Globalisation and European Integration in the UK and Ireland

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ID8041570
AuthorsCameron Hay (0000-0001-6327-6547, University of Birmingham), Nicola Smith (0000-0002-5103-2454, University of Birmingham)
Year2004
Volume28
Issue1
Pages124-158
Publication date2004-12-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWest European Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0140238042000297116
OpenAlexW2167423558
LanguageEN
Citations received34
References cited6

In recent years there has been growing interest in the role of discourses of globalisation and European integration in shaping political outcomes. As a variety of authors have suggested, these discourses may play a powerful causal role in determining the trajectory of policy change and, as such, should be treated as objects of enquiry in their own right. Yet, while much recent scholarship has pointed to the need for systematic empirical analysis of policy-making discourses, little such analysis has yet been undertaken. Our aim in this paper is to contribute to this task, by mapping contemporary appeals to globalisation and European integration in two EU states: Britain and the Irish Republic. We present findings from the discourse analysis (using QSR NVivo) of over 100 speeches backed by supplementary interviews in both cases. Building upon, extending and updating an earlier discussion, we develop a theoretical schema for the classification and mapping of a range of different discourses of globalisation and European integration. These we categorise in terms of the contingent or inevitable character attributed to the process in question and the positive, open-ended or negative connotations it is seen to entail. What becomes apparent is the highly strategic ways in which such discourses are used, the articulation of which depends greatly upon the context in which they are deployed and the audience for which they are intended

Context (archaeology · Economics · European integration · European union · Globalization · Irish · Linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · History · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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