Foreign Policy and Discourse Analysis: France, Britain and Europe / Edition 1

by Henrik Larsen

Overview

Henrik Larsen presents discourse analysis as an alternative approach to foreign policy analysis. Through an extensive empirical study of British and French policies towards Europe in the 1980s, he demonstrates the importance of political discourse in shaping foreign policy.
The author discusses key theoretical problems within traditional belief system approaches and proposes an alternative one: political discourse analysis. The theory is illustrated through detailed analyses of British and French discourses on Europe, nation/state security and the nature of international relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415159760
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/02/1997
Series:	Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics , #1
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Henrik Larsen

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. Discourse Analysis and Foreign Policy. 3. The British Political Discourse in the 1980s on the Concepts of Nation/State, Europe, Security and the Nature of International Relations. 4. The French Political Discourse in the 1980s on the concepts of Nation/State, Europe, Security and the Nature of International Relations. 5. British and French Policies Towards Europe in the 1980s - Application of the Discourse Framework. 6. Accounting for Foreign Policy: Discourse Analysis Versus Alternative Approaches. Bibliography. Figures.

Editorial Reviews

'This book deserves a wide readership and is to be welcomed on several levels' - Shaun Gregory, University of Bradford, UK

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