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1 online resource (xvi, 252 pages) : illustrations |
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Photographs; Preface; 1 'Doing Politics'; 1 Public politics: the 'frontstage'; 1.1 Performing politics; 1.2 Communicating politics; 2 Staging politics: integrating performance, habitus, communities of practice, and the discursive construction of professional identities; 3 Looking behind the scenes: the 'backstage'; 4 Politics/politicians and the media; 4.1 Media and crisis: broadcasting 'snapshots'; 4.2 Disenchantment with politics: fictionalization of everyday politics in the media; 5 Relevant dimensions for the study of everyday politics |
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2 The (Ir)rationality of Politics1 The many -- presupposed -- meanings of 'doing politics'; 2 Discourse, politics and power; 2.1 Inter/trans/multidisciplinarity and 'relevance'; 2.2 Power and critique; 2.3 Discourse, text and context: the Discourse-Historical Approach in CDA; 3 Power, knowledge and presuppositions; 4 Orders and disorders: analysing organizational everyday routines; 3 'Politics as Usual' on the 'European Stage': Constructing and Performing 'European Identities'; 1 Introduction: Quo vadis, Europe?; 2 Multiple identities in the European Parliament |
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2.1 The European Parliament: in the aftermath of the European Convention2.2 Constructing Europeanness: the European Parliament; 2.3 La tribu exotique; 2.4 Individual/social/collective identities; 3 On being an MEP; 3.1 Talking to MEPs; 4 On being European; 4.1 'What does ""European"" mean for you?'; 4.2 'Constructing Europeanness': discourse analysis of selected interview sequences; 4.3 Visions of Europe; 5 Some concluding thoughts; 4 One Day in the Life of an MEP; 1 Long days and much paper; 2 Ways of knowing: framework for analysing ethnographic data; 3 Starting the day; 4 Committee meeting |
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5 The missed photo opportunity6 Lunch; 7 Evening lecture; 8 'Doing politics': performing backstage; 5 Everyday Politics in Television: Fiction and/or Reality?; 1 The 'American Dream'?; 2 The fictionalization of politics; 3 Politics and media; 4 Constructing the modern hero; 4.1 Wild West and The West Wing; 4.2 Genre and 'plot' -- The West Wing episode 'Commencement'; 4.3 Politicizing fiction; 5 Conclusions; 6 Order or Disorder -- Fiction or Reality? The Implications of 'Power and Knowledge Management' on 'Politics as Usual'; 1 'Banal' politics? |
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2 An integrated interdisciplinary theoretical framework3 Representation and legitimation; 4 Expectations and disappointments; 5 The fictionalization of politics and the politicization of fiction; Appendix: Original German Data (Chapter 3); Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Summary |
An interdisciplinary study providing first-hand evidence of the everyday lives of politicians; what politicians actually do on 'the backstage' in political organizations. The book offers answers to the widely discussed phenomena of disenchantment with politics and depoliticization |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-240) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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European Parliament -- Officials and employees -- Case studies
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European Parliament fast |
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European Parliament -- Officials and employees -- Case studies. nli |
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Political science -- European Union countries
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Communication in politics -- European Union countries
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Mass media -- Political aspects.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Political.
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Politics and government
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Communication in politics
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Employees
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Mass media -- Political aspects
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Political science
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Political science -- European Union countries.
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Communication in politics -- European Union countries.
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Mass media -- Political aspects -- European Union countries.
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Kommunikation i politiken.
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Massmedia -- politiska aspekter.
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European Union countries -- Politics and government
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European Union countries
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European Union countries -- Politics and government.
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EU-länderna -- politik och förvaltning.
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Case studies
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Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780230316539 |
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0230316530 |
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9780230233683 |
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0230233686 |