Ruth Wodak - The Routledge Handbook of Language and Politics

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Politics provides a comprehensive overview of this important and dynamic area of study and research. Language is indispensable to initiating, justifying, legitimatising and co-ordinating action, as well as negotiating conflict and, as such, is intrinsically linked to the area of politics. With 45 chapters written by leading scholars from around the world, this Handbook covers the following key areas:

Overviews of the most influential theoretical approaches, including Bourdieu, Foucault, Habermas and Marx;

Methodological approaches to language and politics, covering among others content analysis, conversation analysis, multimodal analysis and narrative analysis;

Genres of political action from speech-making and policy to national anthems and billboards;

Cutting-edge case studies about hot-topic socio-political phenomena, such as ageing, social class, gendered politics and populism.

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Politics is a vibrant survey of this key field and is essential reading for advanced students and researchers studying language and politics.

Ruth Wodak is Emerita Distinguished Professor of Discourse Studies at Lancaster University, UK; she remains affiliated to the University of Vienna, Austria.

Bernhard Forchtner is a Lecturer at the School of Media, Communication and Sociology, University of Leicester, UK.

Advisory Board

Adam Jaworski, Hong Kong University

Barbara Johnstone, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Deborah Stone, Brandeis University, USA

Teun van Dijk, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain

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Edited by
Ruth Wodak and Bernhard Forchtner

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Names: Wodak, Ruth, 1950editor. | Forchtner, Bernhard.

Title: The Routledge handbook of language and politics/edited by Ruth Wodak and Bernhard Forchtner.

Description: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, [2017] |

Series: Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics | Includes bibliographical

references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016056494| ISBN 9781138779167 (hardback) | ISBN 9781315183718 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Language and languagesPolitical aspects.

Classification: LCC P119.3 .R68 2017 | DDC 306.44dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016056494

ISBN: 978-1-138-77916-7 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-18371-8 (ebk)

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Ruth Wodak and Bernhard Forchtner

PART I
Theoretical approaches to language and politics

Sara Rubinelli

Bob Jessop

Simon Susen

Reiner Keller

Yannis Stavrakakis

Christoffer Klvraa

Andrew Sayer

Jan Ifversen

Bernhard Forchtner and Ruth Wodak

PART II
Methodological approaches to language and politics

Roberto Franzosi

Amelie Kutter

Christopher Hart

Jonathan Charteris-Black

Theo van Leeuwen

Anna De Fina

Claudia Posch

Ruth Amossy

Steven E. Clayman and Laura Loeb

Endre Dnyi

PART III
Genres of political action

Cornelia Ilie

Sten Hansson

Mats Ekstrm and Gran Eriksson

Kristof Savski

Martin Reisigl

Michael Higgins

Jennifer Sclafani

Helmut Gruber

David Machin

Lina Klymenko

Randy Duncan

Jo Angouri and Lorenza Mondada

PART IV
Applications and cases I: language, politics, and contemporary socio-cultural challenges

Anabela Carvalho

Bernhard Weicht

Tanya Romaniuk and Susan Ehrlich

Tommaso M. Milani and Erez Levon

Melissa L. Curtin

Ngai-Ling Sum

Ruth Wodak and Bernhard Forchtner

Teemu Taira

PART V
Applications and cases II: language, politics, and (de)mobilisation

Matthew Flinders and Matt Wood

Anton Pelinka

Dvid Kaposi and John E. Richardson

David Block

Andreas Musolff

Adam Hodges