Showing papers by "Norman Fairclough published in 2005"

Peripheral Vision Discourse Analysis in Organization Studies: The Case for Critical Realism

Abstract: Although studies of organization certainly need to include analysis of discourse, one prominent tendency within current research on organizational discourse limits its value for organizational studies through a commitment to postmodernism and extreme versions of social constructivism. I argue that a version of critical discourse analysis based on a critical realist social ontology is potentially of greater value to organization studies, and I refer in particular to the contribution it can make to research on organizational change.

Blair's contribution to elaborating a new doctrine of 'international community'.

Abstract: This paper examines the recent move towards a new regime of international relations and international security from a discourse analytical perspective, focusing on speeches by Tony Blair. I shall discuss how Blair has contributed to the emergence of a new hegemonic discourse of international relations and international security in speeches given between 2000 and 2003.

Discourse in processes of social change: ‘transition’ in central and eastern europe

Abstract: This paper is an initial contribution to an area of research I am currently embarking on: the role of discourse in processes of ‘transition’ (ie from socialism to capitalism and western forms of democratic government) in central and eastern Europe (henceforth ‘CEE’). My particular focus here will be on attempts in CEE, and specifically Romania, to construct a ‘knowledgebased economy’ (KBE) and ‘information society’ (IS). I shall begin with a brief sketch of the version of Critical discourse Analysis (henceforth CDA) which I am currently working with. I shall then discuss discourse as an element in processes of ‘transition’, and the construction of ‘objects of research’ from research topics such as ‘transition’, KBE and IS. The final part of the paper will look in particular at the recontextualization of discourses of the KBE and IS, especially the later, in Romania. I shall analyse a specific Romanian government policy text, the ‘National Strategy for the promotion of the New Economy and the implementation of the Information Society’ (2002).