Discourse and Identity Formation
Parliamentary debates in Bahrain
| University of Bahrain
| Uppsala University & University of the Free State
The book explores eleven debates held at the Bahraini Council of Representatives (or the Parliament) over 2007-2010 to comprehend how parliamentary discourse contributes towards identity formation within Bahraini society. Within the framework of critical discourse studies, the book traces the ideological struggle over power in the linguistic content of legislative discourse through a range of discursive strategies and devices.
The authors contend that the discursive choices across the political spectrum in the legislative debates reflected strong sectarian characteristics which contained in it the seeds of political unrest of 2011, the so-called ‘Arab Spring’ of Bahrain. Parliamentary rhetoric and its resonance in the public sphere, the authors argue, revealed the underlying contradictions in Bahraini society. The book highlights the significance of legislative discourse as a platform of social cohesion, and its instability being symptomatic of contradictions within society.
The authors contend that the discursive choices across the political spectrum in the legislative debates reflected strong sectarian characteristics which contained in it the seeds of political unrest of 2011, the so-called ‘Arab Spring’ of Bahrain. Parliamentary rhetoric and its resonance in the public sphere, the authors argue, revealed the underlying contradictions in Bahraini society. The book highlights the significance of legislative discourse as a platform of social cohesion, and its instability being symptomatic of contradictions within society.
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 73] 2017. xxii, 285 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
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ix
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Acknowledgements
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xi
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List of tables
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xvii
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List of figures
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xix
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Transliteration system
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xxi–xxii
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Chapter 1. Introduction
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1–12
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Chapter 2. Religion, ideology and politics in Islamic society
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13–21
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Chapter 3. Language variation across Bahrain
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23–37
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Chapter 4. Theoretical underpinnings
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39–68
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Chapter 5. Ideology, identity and discourse: Evidence from parliamentary debates during 2008–2010
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69–176
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Chapter 6. Discursive approaches and political ideology in Bahrain
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177–198
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Chapter 7. Bahrain’s ongoing quest for deliberative democracy
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199–209
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Bibliography
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211–219
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Appendix A. Collecting and presenting data
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221–226
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Appendix B. Agenda topics matched to items in Hansard
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227–228
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Appendix C. The excerpts
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229–268
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Appendix D. Offences affecting external state security
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269–270
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Glossary
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271–273
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Index
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275–285
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Subjects
BIC Subject: CFG – Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis
BISAC Subject: LAN009030 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics