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Publication details [#53416]

L'Hôte, Emilie. 2010. New Labour and globalization: Globalist discourse with a twist? Discourse & Society 21 (4) : 355–376.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

discourse analysis | globalization | metaphor | political language

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper argues that new Labour discourse (1994 to 2007) on globalization constitutes an instance of globalist discourse with a twist: it is understood as an inevitable phenomenon, but the promise of progress frequently contains a menace that aims at making unpopular policies likeable.