In Populism in Power: Discourse and Performativity in SYRIZA and Donald Trump, Giorgos Venizelos examines populist power in the last decade through a comparative analysis of SYRIZA in Greece and Donald Trump in the United States. Parsing these two contrasting case studies, Venizelos offers a nuanced, captivating study of how populism operates through dynamics of emotion, performativity and sensationalism, writes … Continued
In defending the Kudlow alternative math calculation of net job gains in first 30 months of the Trump and Biden administrations, Mr. Bruce Hall writes: I guess that Joe Biden single-handedly made those jobs [in leisure and hospitality] reappear when the jackboots came off the necks of business owners. I then wondered when we last […]
Marketing itself as a corrective to the monopoly of mainstream media, YouTube has reduced the barriers of access for people to create and star in their own content regardless of their economic and cultural cachet. Among those taking advantage are "political influencers" or "ideological entrepreneurs" – creators who disseminate and monetise politics as content using the techniques of brand influencers to grow audiences. In part shaped by the platform they are on, creators selling politics suffuse their discourse and performance with an anti-elite and transgressive messaging. Ultimately, this has implications for the legitimisation of conspiracies and the mainstreaming of the far right. As with any type of influencing, the creator is the central figure, performing a relatable and authentic identity ...
Despite leaving, the EU remains the UK's significant, constitutive other. Even post-Brexit, the British sense of self is being claimed by defining the EU as 'Other'. Naturally, since 2016, the character of this 'Other' has evolved. Following the referendum, and especially Brexit itself, the UK-EU relationship has undergone a transformation of redefining each/the other. One might have expected that, once the UK had left the EU, the mutual relationship would run more smoothly. Yet, the opposite has been the case. Boris Johnson's government was keen to pick fights with the EU and "regularly and deliberately spark arguments" with it. Since the UK (nominally and practically) left the EU on 31 December 2020, the mutual relationship has been marred by numerous ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ_aPtt4U8M I saw this new article by Prof. Richard Re, a leading scholar of federal courts law and my former UCLA colleague, and asked him if he would guest-blog about it; I'm delighted to say that he kindly agreed. Here's the abstract: Perhaps the most surprising feature of the last Supreme Court term was the…
This week we're examining the ways we talk about automation and immigration, and how this discourse shapes the economy. We ask: How far are discourses around immigration and automation tied to each other? What is the link between this rhetoric and the economic system known as 'neo-liberalism'? Is the UK unique in our debates about robots and immigrants, and their effect on the labour market?
The American National Election Studies (ANES) has been recognized by the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) with its Policy Impact Award– given annually to outstanding projects making a clear impact, improving policy decisions, practice and discourse. The ANES was selected for "making public opinion available to policymakers, informing public discourse, and allowing evaluation […] The post The ANES wins AAPOR's 2024 Policy Impact Award first appeared on Center for Political Studies (CPS) Blog.
In Breaking the Silence of NGOs in Africa, members of the Kenya Organic Intellectuals Network explore the role that NGO discourse and participation has had on contemporary struggles for radical change. Zachary Patterson writes that this timely book offers insights into how NGOs play a critical role in stifling the development and independence of radical African movements. Activists must proceed cautiously to avoid the risk of falling into a trap of Western rights discourse and liberal movement dynamics. The post Breaking the silence on NGOs in Africa – a review first appeared on ROAPE. The post Breaking the silence on NGOs in Africa – a review appeared first on ROAPE.
For a panel on "Global Organisation as Text in Context" at the ECPR General Conference, Section 82: "Developments of and in International Organisations – From Interstate Cooperation to Global Order?" we are calling for paper proposals (Deadline Feb 1, 2011).
International Organisations/Institutions and discourse are not mutually exclusive. Focussing on the institutionalisation of discourses and on the discursive production and reproduction of institutions, the panel is based on the assumption that discourses and institutions are inextricably intertwined and, thus, should be analysed accordingly. In terms of empirical studies, a textual perspective allows to access the micropolitics of institutions and international organisations. We are interested in the discursive processes that bring forth what Max Weber has called the "congealed spirit [...] embodied in that living machine which is represented by bureaucratic organisation with its specialisation of trained, technical work, its delimitation of areas of responsibility, its regulations and its graduated hierarchy of relations of obedience". Against the background of a renewed interest in the formalisation of institutions, for instance in the context of debates about global constitutionalisation, the panel engages with the self-generative processes of (highly) formalised institutions, i.e. IOs. Questions for papers in the frame of this panel could include: How is the social context of international organisations/institutions reflected in their institutional discourses? What is the relation between organisations and their social/political environment? How do institutions structure their discursive arenas – and the subject positions connected to them?
All paper proposals must be submitted via email and online under http://www.ecprnet.eu/conferences/general_conference/reykjavik (Deadline: Feb 1, 2011)
