36.2540, Books: Political Discourse Analysis: Butler (ed.) (2024)

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Date: 27-Aug-2025
From: Carla Hepburn [carla.hepburn at eup.ed.ac.uk]
Subject: Political Discourse Analysis: Butler (ed.) (2024)


Title: Political Discourse Analysis
Subtitle: Legitimisation Strategies in Crisis and Conflict
Publication Year: 2024

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
           http://www.edinburghuniversitypress.com
Book URL:
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-political-discourse-analysis.html

Editor(s): Robert Butler

Hardback
Paperback
Ebook pdf
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Abstract:

Political Discourse Analysis addresses the challenges facing political
actors at all levels of society and across a range of regimes. It
shows how discursive legitimisation strategies can vary on a continuum
ranging from the stabilising effects of institutional discourse and
the management of destabilising factors inherent in new types of media
to the destabilising potential of rhetorical devices and deliberate
de-legitimisation strategies used to attack opponents. The diverse
approaches show how political actors strive to maintain control in the
context of democratic deficit and crisis in developed societies while
addressing growing global threats to stability in all regimes. While
many actors seek legitimisation through the institutional structure,
media or rhetoric, others may seek to weaken any opposition to them
through de-legitimisation. In this collection Butler provides the
reader with replicable methods that can be adapted to political
contexts.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Discourse Analysis

Written In: English (eng)



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