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The discourse of politics in actionpolitics as usual /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The discourse of politics in actionRuth Wodak.
Reminder of title:	politics as usual /
Author:	Wodak, Ruth,
Published:	[Basingstoke] :Palgrave Macmillan,2011.
Description:	280 p.
Subject:	Politics, Practical.
Online resource:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
ISBN:	9780230316539 (electronic bk.)

The discourse of politics in actionpolitics as usual /
Wodak, Ruth,1950-

The discourse of politics in actionpolitics as usual /[electronic resource] :Ruth Wodak. - [Basingstoke] :Palgrave Macmillan,2011. - 280 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Figures, Tables and Photographs -- Preface -- 'Doing Politics' -- The (Ir)rationality of Politics -- 'Politics as Usual' on the 'European Stage': Constructing and performing 'European Identities -- One Day in the Life of a MEP -- Everyday Politics in Television: Fiction and/or Reality? -- Order or Disorder: Fiction or Reality? The Implications of 'Power and Knowledge Management' on the Organization of 'Politics as Usual' -- Appendix.

Nowadays we have unprecedented levels of access to information; politics and the media share a closer relationship than ever before, and the more successful politicians acquire the status of quasi-celebrities. Despite this, there is widespread disenchantment with politics, a growing cynicism about the political process, and much concern about the so-called 'democratic deficit'. And yet, how much do we actually know about the real world of politics? Is our eroding trust in politicians based on a lack of understanding about the activities they actually engage in? In an extensive critical ethnography of the European Parliament, typical 'orders and disorders of discourse' are identified that illustrate the discursive mechanisms by which politics are organised in this and other (transnational, national and regional) arenas. The intricate complexity of 'power-knowledge' in the daily quest for hegemony is analysed in detail, carefully documenting politicians' movement across many 'communities of practice', employing a huge range of genres, conversational styles, argumentative moves, and (in)direct pragmatic devices, as part of their 'professional habitus'. Furthermore, the critical discourse analysis is juxtaposed with its fictionalised representation in the American TV soap The West Wing, which constructs an idealised version of this 'backstage', conveying to a global audience a highly simplistic account of what politics entails. This book goes behind the scenes of politics, uncovering the reality of daily 'politics as usual', and contrasting this with the glamorised, often sensationalised world of politics presented to us on television.

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2011.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230316539 (electronic bk.)

Source: 527138Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.com

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015729030UkSubjects--Topical Terms:

228542
Politics, Practical.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JF2051 / .W63 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 324.7

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