Marlene Herrschaft-Iden

Arguing About Britain and Europe in Parliamentary Discourse

Imagined Communities in Liberal Democrat Leaders¿ Debate Contributions (1997¿2010)

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Produktbeschreibung

Since the fateful referendum in 2016, Brexit dominates British politics. This book focuses on the parliamentary discourse of the allegedly most pro-European British political party, the Liberal Democrats. Combining a political discourse analysis with a Cultural Studies perspective, it scrutinises the party leaders' contributions to parliamentary debates on European integration regarding the arguments they advanced to justify their position from 1997-2010 and the verbal images they used to describe both Europe and Britain. The study's results contribute to understanding the current dynamics in British politics: sending mixed messages at best, the pro-European actors failed to make a convincing and coherent case for a common European future in the past.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 278559
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 153mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9783631785591
• ISBN-10: 3631785593
• Artikelnr.: 57116080

Autorenporträt

Marlene Herrschaft-Iden studied in Passau, Sheffield and Oxford and worked as an adjunct lecturer in Passau and Tübingen. She is the author of articles on the British Conservative Party leaders debating European policies and developments in the UK¿s cultural sector in the wake of the Brexit referendum.

Inhaltsangabe

Liberal Democrats debating European integration - Britain and Europe as «Imagined Communities» - Analysis of party leaders' speeches in the UK Parliament from 1997-2010 - Focus on Economic and Monetary Union - Foreign Policy - EU Treaties - The Common Agricultural Policy - EU Enlargement