Overlapping and Evolving European Discourses on Market Liberalization. (7th May 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Morin, Jean‐Frédéric; Carta, Caterina
• Is Part Of: British journal of politics and international relations. Volume 16:Number 1(2014:Feb.)
• Page Start: 117
• Page End: 132
• Publication Date: 2013-05-07
• Subjects: Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1997-2007 -- Periodicals; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945- -- Periodicals; 320.094105
• DOI: 10.1111/1467-856X.12021
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1369-1481

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Research Highlights and Abstract</title> <p>This introduction to the special section on European liberal discourses<list id="bjpi12021-list-0001" list-type="bullet"><list-item><p>Presents key assumptions discussed in the collection of articles, such as liberalism as a discourse and the conceptualization of discourses as networks.</p></list-item><list-item><p>Offers an original typology of liberal discourses regarding State intervention.</p></list-item><list-item><p>Introduces two models linking discursive interactions to discursive change, analogous to the operational code approach and to schema theory in cognitive science.</p></list-item><list-item><p>Presents original data on DG Trade discourse, to illustrate simultaneous change and continuity.</p></list-item></list></p> <p>This introduction to the special section on European liberal discourses discusses three themes covered by all contributions: (i) the co‐existence of several market liberal discourses in the European public sphere; (ii) interactions among these various discourses; (iii) and discursive changes resulting from these interactions.</p> </abstract>