[Commlist] New book - Political Discourse Analysis: Legitimisation Strategies in Crisis and Conflict

New book publication:

Butler, R., ed. (2024). Political Discourse Analysis: Legitimisation 
Strategies in Crisis and Conflict. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University 
Press. ISBN: 9781399523189

Political Discourse Analysis addresses the challenges facing political 
actors at all levels of society and across a range of regimes. It shows 
how discursive legitimisation strategies can vary on a continuum ranging 
from the stabilising effects of institutional discourse and the 
management of destabilising factors inherent in new types of media to 
the destabilising potential of rhetorical devices and deliberate 
de-legitimisation strategies used to attack opponents. The diverse 
approaches show how political actors strive to maintain control in the 
context of democratic deficit and crisis in developed societies while 
addressing growing global threats to stability in all regimes. While 
many actors seek legitimisation through the institutional structure, 
media or rhetoric, others may seek to weaken any opposition to them 
through de-legitimisation. In this collection Butler provides the reader 
with replicable methods that can be adapted to political contexts.

Contents:

Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Preface

Introduction: Legitimisation strategies for a de-legitimised political 
world, Robert Butler

PART I: The role of legitimisation in institutional contexts
1. Education and political socialisation in contemporary China: From 
institutional discourse to teaching materials, Chiara Bertulessi
2. Smoothing processes in United Nations discourse on violence against 
women: A diachronic perspective, Célia Atzeni
3. Who calls whom a populist? A pragmatic analysis of the uses of 
populism(s) and populist(s) in French and Spanish parliamentary debates, 
Nadezda Shchinova
4. The Brexit Saga: Stancetaking, Control and Identity in Political 
Discourse, Juana I. Marín-Arrese

PART II: Legitimisation and new media
5. Political discourse and the new media: New architectures of 
communication, Mariya Chankova
6. Meaning-making in Trump’s anti-Biden political campaign commercials: 
Multimodal perspective, Tetiana Krysanova

PART III: Legitimisation strategies and conceptualisation
7. A critical analysis of figurative language in the political discourse 
of conflict in Africa, Issa Kanté
8. The Card Metaphor ‘Play the X Card’ as a Social Practice and its 
Pragmatic Functions, Yuuki Tomoshige
9. Metaphors and political arguments in environmental debates: ‘Our 
house is still on fire’, Anaïs Augé

Concluding remarks: Towards Legitimisation Studies in contemporary 
crises, Robert Butler and Anaïs Augé

For further details: 
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-political-discourse-analysis.html
Contact: (robert.butler /at/ univ-lorraine.fr)

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