New Labour, New Language?

1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-21827-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 249 g

This is a book about the politics of New Labour that focuses on language. Fairclough gets behind the rhetoric to uncover the real meaning. He examines a wide range of political speeches and texts, from Tony Blair's speech following the death of Diana to the 1997 Labour Party Manifesto and Bill Clinton's book Between Hope and History. New Labour, New Language? blows open the whole debate on the nature of the political discourse of New Labour and the 'Third Way'.
Written in a clear, non-technical style and including a glossary, New Labour, New Language? will appeal to anyone interested in language and politics.

Zielgruppe

General and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fairclough, Norman

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landesverwaltung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: bin the spin!, Acknowledgements, New Labour, new language? An introduction, 1 The ‘Third Way’: the political discourse of New Labour, 2 The language of ‘social exclusion’, 3 The making of the language of New Labour, 4 The rhetorical style of Tony Blair, 5 The language of government, 6 Rhetoric and reality: Kosovo, Glossary, Notes, Sources, References, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Norman Fairclough is Professor of Language in Social Life at Lancaster University and author of many books, including Language and Power (Longman, 1989).