A decade of discourse analysis of environmental politics: Achievements, challenges, perspectives
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- 1 September 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning
- Vol. 7 (3) , 175-184
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15239080500339646
Abstract
This article assesses the contribution of discourse analysis to the study of environmental politics over the period of the past decade. Defining discourse as a particular linguistic regularity that can be found in conversations distinguishes it from ‘deliberation’ and ‘discussion’. Discourse analysis is seen as focused on situational logics studying ‘language-in-use’. Three strengths of discourse analysis are highlighted: its capacity to reveal the role of language in politics, its capacity to reveal the embeddedness of language in practices and its capacity to answer ‘how’ questions and to illuminate mechanisms. The article concludes by sketching some of the challenges lying ahead of discourse analysis. Given the changing nature of policy making, discourse analysts are supposed to have a task in identifying the new sites of politics and analysing the political dynamics therein.Keywords
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