Showing papers by "Norman Fairclough published in 2013"
TL;DR: In this article, the contribution of critical discourse analysis (CDA) to critical policy studies through comparison with two other approaches which also advocate a "discursive turn" in policy studies is discussed.
Abstract: This article presents the contribution that critical discourse analysis (CDA) can make to critical policy studies through comparison with two other approaches which also advocate a ‘discursive turn’ in policy studies and that have been discussed in the journal: cultural political economy (CPE), and poststructuralist discourse analysis (PDA). I suggest that there are significant differences between CDA, CPE and PDA in their view of the discursive turn, and that a version of CDA which integrates argumentation theory and analysis with CDA can add significantly to the contributions that CPE and PDA might make to policy analysis. In the Conclusion, I address a suspicion that using argumentation analysis entails a commitment to Habermasian/Rawlsian ‘deliberative democracy,’ suggesting that argumentation analysis is also not only consistent with but also necessary for Gramscian approaches to political and policy analysis, including CPE and PDA.
390 citations
15 Apr 2013
TL;DR: In this article, the authors use the term "discourse" to refer to any spoken or written language conceived as social practice, a position elaborated elsewhere by Fairclough, 1989a, and "order of discourse" for the overall configuration of discourse practices of a society or one of its institutions.
Abstract: In this chapter I use ‘discourse’ to refer to any spoken or written language
use conceived as social practice, a position I have elaborated elsewhere
(Fairclough, 1989a), and ‘order of discourse’ (a term adapted from
Foucault) for the overall configuration of discourse practices of a society
or one of its institutions1 I want to suggest that contemporary ‘orders of
discourse’ have a property which distinguishes them from earlier orders of
discourse, or which at least has not been manifested in earlier orders of
discourse to anything like the same degree; and that this property is of
particular significance for the orders of discourse of various types of work,
specifically because it is an important factor in changes which are
currently taking place in workplace practices and ‘workplace culture’ I
focus below upon workplace culture, and the constitution of social and
professional relations and identities at work
40 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors give a satisfactory answer to the main arguments made by Finlayson, Hay and Coleman, who argue that, in focusing on argumentation and deliberation, we misunderstand the nature of the political.
Abstract: We are grateful to Alan Finlayson, Colin Hay and Stephen Coleman for their challenging responses to Political Discourse Analysis (PDA) and we hope to give a satisfactory answer to their main arguments. Both Hay and Finlayson argue that, in focusing on argumentation and deliberation, we misunderstand the nature of the political. Second, Finlayson thinks that there is a discontinuity between critical discourse analysis (CDA), in its previous versions, and our present framework. Third, Finlayson claims that CDA's focus on representations should not be displaced by a focus on action, that conflict over representations is fundamental in politics, and a rhetorical (not dialectical) perspective is best suited to analysing political discourse. Fourth, Coleman argues that important features of political discourse cannot be addressed by our approach, which should be supplemented by ‘dramatistic’ methods.
24 citations