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En: Doxa Comunicación : revista interdisciplinar de estudios de comunicación y ciencias sociales. ISSN 1696-019X n. I, 2003, pp 207-225

Parliamentary debates, like all discourse, presuppose vase amounts of knowledge of their participants. MPs need to know about parliamentary procedures, about parties and other MPs, the political system, current social events, and of course the details of ongoing business and the current context of parliamentary interaction, among many other types of knowledge. Within the framework of a new, multidisciplinary epistemology, this paper first explores the many dimensions of knowledge, both in terms of mental representations as well as socially shared Common Ground. Then it examines how these kinds of discourse influence discourse production and comprehension, in general, and of parliamentary debates in particular. The chapter concludes with an "epistemic" analysis of the speech by Tony Blair held in the British House of Commons on the occasion of the September 11 attacks in the USA.

Draws on a new theory of ideology, as well as a project on the discursive reproduction of racism, to explore ideological properties of political discourses on immigration & minorities in seven European Union countries. The focus is on a debate on asylum seekers in the British House of Commons; however, comparisons are made with anti-immigration arguments in other Western European countries where the flood of asylum seekers is a common topic. An elite theory of racism as a form of ethnic dominance is presented, along with the methodology for a multilevel analysis of text/talk in specific contexts that uses a sociocognitive approach to ideologies. Ways ideologies differ from general culturally shared knowledge are explored to argue that defining racism in terms of ideologies diminishes it as a system of social inequality that encompasses both a mental & social level of analysis. Numerous quotations are included to illustrate the nature of racist ideologies, how they are articulated in discourse of social/political interaction, & how they are reproduced in society. 1 Figure, 34 References. J. Lindroth

Draws on a new theory of ideology, as well as a project on the discursive reproduction of racism, to explore ideological properties of political discourses on immigration & minorities in seven European Union countries. The focus is on a debate on asylum seekers in the British House of Commons; however, comparisons are made with anti-immigration arguments in other Western European countries where the flood of asylum seekers is a common topic. An elite theory of racism as a form of ethnic dominance is presented, along with the methodology for a multilevel analysis of text/talk in specific contexts that uses a sociocognitive approach to ideologies. Ways ideologies differ from general culturally shared knowledge are explored to argue that defining racism in terms of ideologies diminishes it as a system of social inequality that encompasses both a mental & social level of analysis. Numerous quotations are included to illustrate the nature of racist ideologies, how they are articulated in discourse of social/political interaction, & how they are reproduced in society. 1 Figure, 34 References. J. Lindroth

A discourse analytical approach is used to discuss the contribution of news coverage to the "new racism" in Western Europe & North America. The majority has control over public discourse; thus, discourse plays a role in marginalizing minorities & the media has the power to perpetuate the new racism. This power is exercised in newsmaking, structuring news, the selection of topics & quotes, & using language that is implicitly racist. A detailed example of a newspaper text is given. A. Lee

Examines how Western politicians speak about racial & ethnic relations, drawing on an analysis of 1980s-early 1990s parliamentary debates in the Netherlands, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, the UK, & the US (House of Representatives). It is found that conservative discourse on Others most often positioned minorities as a threat to a way of life or culture. Cultural differences between a dominant & subordinate group were exaggerated, while differences in the dominant group were ignored; this tendency was also apparent in liberal rhetoric, though to a lesser degree. Further, US politicians were more apt to admit the fact of racism, but still engaged in similar racist rhetoric. The overall strategy of Western politicians is deemed to have been a form of covert racism that ignored subordinate views while couching its own rhetoric in the guise of "tradition." The effect of this discourse went beyond persuasion to become embedded in legislation on issues affecting all aspects of political & social life. 35 References. D. M. Smith

The immigration of Tamil refugees to the Netherlands resulted in a press `panic' which indicated the existence of a dominant consensus hostile to the Tamil `invasion'. A semantic analysis of the discourse of newspaper stories exposes this underlying consensus. Attention is focused on the reporting of Tamil immigration in five Dutch national dailies. The article examines the ways in which the press, using its own institutional and ideological strategies, also reproduces, and thus legitimizes, the views of those in the social and political power structure.

This paper analyses the influence of ideologies on political discourse, in terms not only of content but also of form and interaction, defining ideology in the broadest sense of basic beliefs shared by members of a group and understanding political discourse to be a class of genres defined by a social domain, namely that of politics. The ways in which ideologically based beliefs are exhibited in discourse and discursive evidence in the interplay of several ideologies are analysed in the form of a debate on asylum seekers in the British House of Commons. Parliamentary debates are particularly revealing for these purposes because their text and content exhibit the social cognitions of political parties and their members. An analysis of this particular debate shows how political discourse in general, and parliamentary debates in particular, are replete with ideological expressions and rhetorical tropes at all levels. ; This paper analyses the influence of ideologies on political discourse, in terms not only of content but also of form and interaction, defining ideology in the broadest sense of basic beliefs shared by members of a group and understanding political discourse to be a class of genres defined by a social domain, namely that of politics. The ways in which ideologically based beliefs are exhibited in discourse and discursive evidence in the interplay of several ideologies are analysed in the form of a debate on asylum seekers in the British House of Commons. Parliamentary debates are particularly revealing for these purposes because their text and content exhibit the social cognitions of political parties and their members. An analysis of this particular debate shows how political discourse in general, and parliamentary debates in particular, are replete with ideological expressions and rhetorical tropes at all levels.