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

2005 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Hay ◽  
Nicola Smith
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Uk

Moral Discrepancy and Political Discourse: Accountability and the Allocation of Blame in a Political News Interview

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Housley ◽  
Richard Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Government Policy ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Social Organisation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political News ◽  
Structure And Agency ◽  
The Social ◽  
Public Ethics ◽  
The Uk ◽  
News Interview

During the course of this article we intend to explore some issues surrounding government policy and actions and the moral organisation of political discourse surrounding the recent enquiry into the BSE crisis and the publication of the Phillips Report in the UK. More specifically, we wish to develop the concept of moral discrepancy and it's use in politically accountable settings, in this case the political interview. The paper, through the use of membership categorisation analysis, explores issues surrounding the social organisation of interview settings, the discursive management of policy decisions and ‘bureaucratic mistakes’ and the allocation of blame in situated media/political formats. The paper then relates these issues to notions of democracy-in-action, public ethics and the respecification of structure and agency as a members phenomenon.

Multicultural Scotland

2020 ◽  
pp. 97-117
Author(s):  
Ross Bond
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
National Identities ◽  
The Political ◽  
Demographic Structure ◽  
Political Discourses ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Scottish Politics

This chapter examines demographic data relating to migration and ethnicity, comparing Scotland with other parts of Britain. It then examines sociological evidence concerning attitudes to immigration and national identities in Scotland, and the ways in which such identities are expressed and experienced. These dimensions are discussed in relation to political discourse, in particular to address the question of why, although there is widespread evidence of racism in Scotland, Scottish politics is not racialized to the same extent as in some other parts of the UK. Overall, it argues that Scotland’s demographic structure and the particular migration histories which underpin it contrast in some important respects with other parts of the UK, and that this in turn shapes distinctive attitudes, experiences, and identities which both inform, and are informed by, the political discourses and structures that are most relevant to multiculturalism.

Inside but Out? The UK and the EU

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Łazowski
Keyword(s):  
Member State ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
The Political ◽  
General Terms ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Eu ◽  
The Way

This chapter explores the UK’s relations with Europe and the political discourse dominated by the ‘inside but out’ school of thought. In this context, the chapter considers three issues: whether the UK has remained a difficult Member State all the way through, where the UK’s defiance has manifested the most, and whether it will exercise even more defiance as it leaves the EU. This chapter argues that the approach pursued by the UK authorities was to fight for its own interests in the negotiations leading up to the adoption of legal acts, be it primary or secondary legislation. Once concessions and opt-outs were secured, the UK would stop being a difficult Member State and in general terms complied with the obligations undertaken. However, the chapter also considers the implications of Brexit and how it will affect the UK’s relations with the EU afterwards.

“I'd make thee eat the mischief thou hast vented”: Discourse of Law in Ben Jonson's Catiline His Conspiracy

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-45
Author(s):  
Akihiko Shimizu
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Legal Discourse ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Gunpowder Plot ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Legal Procedures ◽  
The Way

This essay explores the discourse of law that constitutes the controversial apprehension of Cicero's issuing of the ultimate decree of the Senate (senatus consultum ultimum) in Catiline. The play juxtaposes the struggle of Cicero, whose moral character and legitimacy are at stake in regards to the extra-legal uses of espionage, with the supposedly mischievous Catilinarians who appear to observe legal procedures more carefully throughout their plot. To mitigate this ambivalence, the play defends Cicero's actions by depicting the way in which Cicero establishes the rhetoric of public counsel to convince the citizens of his legitimacy in his unprecedented dealing with Catiline. To understand the contemporaneousness of Catiline, I will explore the way the play integrates the early modern discourses of counsel and the legal maxim of ‘better to suffer an inconvenience than mischief,’ suggesting Jonson's subtle sensibility towards King James's legal reformation which aimed to establish and deploy monarchical authority in the state of emergency (such as the Gunpowder Plot of 1605). The play's climactic trial scene highlights the display of the collected evidence, such as hand-written letters and the testimonies obtained through Cicero's spies, the Allbroges, as proof of Catiline's mischievous character. I argue that the tactical negotiating skills of the virtuous and vicious characters rely heavily on the effective use of rhetoric exemplified by both the political discourse of classical Rome and the legal discourse of Tudor and Jacobean England.

The Concept of “Zemsky Sobor” in the Interpretation of State Authority in Russia of the 19th Century: From Karamzin to Stepnyak-Kravchinsky

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 140-155
Author(s):  
Dmitry A. Badalyan
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
The Political ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
State Authority ◽  
The 19Th Century

“Zemsky Sobor” was one of the key concepts in Russian political discourse in the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. It can be traced to the notion well-known already since the 17th century. Still in the course of further evolution it received various mew meaning and connotations in the discourse of different political trends. The author of the article examines various stages of this concept configuring in the works of the Decembrists, especially Slavophiles, and then in the political projects and publications of the socialists, liberals and “aristocratic” opposition.

Police Department and Slavophil Political Discourse

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 123-136
Author(s):  
Lyubov V. Ulyanova
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Police Department ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
The Political ◽  
Public Figures ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Russian Empire

The article analyzes the political discourse of the officials of the main political surveillance structure, – the Police Department, – in the period of 1880s (organization of the Department) and until October, 1905, when the Western-type Constitution project finally prevailed. The comparative analysis of the conceptual instruments (“Constitutionalists”, “Oppositionists”, “Radicals”, “Liberals”) typically used in the Police Department allows one to come o the conclusion that the leaders of the Russian empire political police did not follow the “reactionary and protective” discourse, did not share its postulates, but preferred the moderate-liberal-conservative path of political development. Along with that, the Police Department also demonstrated loyal attitude to zemsky administration and zemsky figures, covert criticism of “bureaucratic mediastinum”, the tendency to come to an agreement with public figures through personal negotiations, intentional omittance of reactionary and protective repressive measures in preserving autocracy. All this allows to come to the conclusion that the officials of the Police Department shares Slavophil public and political doctrine.

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