Political and Discursive Characteristics of the Austerity Consensus in the UK and in France since 1975

Political and Discursive Characteristics of the Austerity Consensus in the UK and in France since 1975

Since the mid-seventies, austerity has become a hegemonic tool of economic crisis management. French and British governments, of diverging political tradition, have thus implemented parallel austerity programmes to cope with periodic global recessions. This austerity consensus operates on two levels...

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Glavni avtor: Fourton, Clémence
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
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Izdano: Observatoire de la société britannique 2018
Teme:
crisis
economic policy
austerity
discourse
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:osb_1913 https://doi.org/10.4000/osb.1913 urn:doi:10.4000/osb.1913 en https://journals.openedition.org/osb/1913 2018-01-26T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/is3f All rights reserved Political and Discursive Characteristics of the Austerity Consensus in the UK and in France since 1975 Observatoire de la société britannique Université de Toulon info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1775-4135 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1957-3383 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/osb Fourton, Clémence crisis economic policy austerity discourse Since the mid-seventies, austerity has become a hegemonic tool of economic crisis management. French and British governments, of diverging political tradition, have thus implemented parallel austerity programmes to cope with periodic global recessions. This austerity consensus operates on two levels: economic policies are implemented nationally, but the consensus transcends national borders. The austerity rhetoric that has come about to legitimise the consensus also operates on these two levels. Austerity rhetoric is grounded in national contexts, and builds on historical and political references specific to either France or Britain. But it also displays transnational features, in the form of references and topoi which are shared by both countries and appear in both languages and contexts. The duality of the rhetoric has contributed to establishing and maintaining the hegemony of austerity, by presenting it as inevitable and universal.
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topic crisis
economic policy
austerity
discourse
spellingShingle crisis
economic policy
austerity
discourse
Fourton, Clémence
Political and Discursive Characteristics of the Austerity Consensus in the UK and in France since 1975
description Since the mid-seventies, austerity has become a hegemonic tool of economic crisis management. French and British governments, of diverging political tradition, have thus implemented parallel austerity programmes to cope with periodic global recessions. This austerity consensus operates on two levels: economic policies are implemented nationally, but the consensus transcends national borders. The austerity rhetoric that has come about to legitimise the consensus also operates on these two levels. Austerity rhetoric is grounded in national contexts, and builds on historical and political references specific to either France or Britain. But it also displays transnational features, in the form of references and topoi which are shared by both countries and appear in both languages and contexts. The duality of the rhetoric has contributed to establishing and maintaining the hegemony of austerity, by presenting it as inevitable and universal.
author Fourton, Clémence
author_facet Fourton, Clémence
author_sort Fourton, Clémence
title Political and Discursive Characteristics of the Austerity Consensus in the UK and in France since 1975
title_short Political and Discursive Characteristics of the Austerity Consensus in the UK and in France since 1975
title_full Political and Discursive Characteristics of the Austerity Consensus in the UK and in France since 1975
title_fullStr Political and Discursive Characteristics of the Austerity Consensus in the UK and in France since 1975
title_full_unstemmed Political and Discursive Characteristics of the Austerity Consensus in the UK and in France since 1975
title_sort political and discursive characteristics of the austerity consensus in the uk and in france since 1975
publisher Observatoire de la société britannique
publishDate 2018
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