Discourse theory and political analysis

Discourse theory and political analysisOne of the few books which systematically brings post structuralist theory to bear on substantive political analysis. Offers accessible accounts of different strands of discourse theory such as deconstruction, psychoanalysis and genealogy, which are applied to the analysis of specific cases such as Northern Ireland and contemporary East European politics. Each chapter addresses a key theme and issue in contemporary politics. Draws on inspiration from

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This book is about how former combatants live politics as they come home from war

social and public policy implications of population changes using contemporary case studies

Are groups an antidote to emerging democratic deficits

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and her recent explorations of eastern religions

by well-known authors as well as ‘insiders’

and ecocriticism

Draws on inspiration from Ernesto Laclau

Strange matter: Medieval disruptions of time scrutinises a wide range of European and non-European texts and artworks to generate innovative perspectives on objects from the Middle Ages and the various ways they inform and complicate our perception of temporality

Connolly provides in-depth readings of selected recent works by twenty-four different artists

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