Arguing About Britain and Europe in Parliamentary Discourse: Imagined Communities in Liberal Democrat Leaders' Debate Contributions (1997-2010)

by Marlene Herrschaft-Iden

Overview

With the Brexit negotiations still in full swing, this study takes a look back at how the allegedly most pro-European British party, the Liberal Democrats, approached the ever-divisive issue of Europe during the New Labour governments, both in terms of the arguments they advanced and the imagery and language they used.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783631785591
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	08/12/2019
Edition description:	New
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Marlene Herrschaft-Iden studied in Passau, Sheffield and Oxford and worked as an adjunct lecturer in Passau and Tübingen. She is the author of articles on the British Conservative Party leaders debating European policies and developments in the UK’s cultural sector in the wake of the Brexit referendum.

Table of Contents

Liberal Democrats debating European integration – Britain and Europe as «Imagined Communities» – Analysis of party leaders’ speeches in the UK Parliament from 1997–2010 – Focus on Economic and Monetary Union – Foreign Policy – EU Treaties – The Common Agricultural Policy – EU Enlargement