Wodak, Ruth and Weiss, G. (2000) European Union Discourses on Employment. Strategies of Depolitizing and Ideologozing Employment Policies. Concepts and Transformation, 5 (1). pp. 29-42. ISSN 1569-9692
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The fight against unemployment has been declared a top priority of European Union (EU) policies. Indeed, if mass unemployment is the major political problem in Europe, then the legitimacy of the EU as a political union will crucially depend on how this problem is dealt with. In this article we follow precisely the question of how the problem is dealt with in EU policy-making processes. Two forms of political spaces, an advisory group working ‘behind closed doors’ and the European Parliament, are compared. A socio-linguistic analysis of texts produced in the respective bodies reveals the many tensions in the development of supranational employment policies. Particular emphasis is placed on the rhetoric of globalization and competitiveness as being constitutive of the neo-liberal discourse.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | Concepts and Transformation |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
| Departments: | Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences > Linguistics & English Language |
| ID Code: | 1724 |
| Deposited By: | Prof Ruth Wodak |
| Deposited On: | 18 Feb 2008 16:27 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 28 Feb 2013 14:50 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/1724 |
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