Political Discourse Analysis, Sport and Scottish Independence: Provisional Reflections upon Fairclough and Fairclough's (2012) Analytical Framework.

This paper aims to reflect upon the potential analytical utility of the political discourse analysis framework proposed by Isabela Fairclough and Norman Fairclough (2012). This framework represents the most recent substantive development upon Norman Fairclough's past work situated within the wider school of Critical Discourse Analysis, building upon his influential position this methodological tradition. Central to this development is the additional emphasis placed upon the necessity to conceptualise all political discourse as 'argumentative' in nature, given that political actors are ultimately proposing or refuting particular courses of concrete future action. This paper will therefore apply Fairclough and Fairclough's model to provisional data derived from an ongoing doctoral thesis which considers the nature of political discourse relating to sport, the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and Scottish independence, with an ultimate aim of critically considering the benefits and limitations of applying this analytical framework as a methodological tool within this ongoing study.

The Summer Concert Band, 5th Festival of Contemporary Works, July 18, 1951

Concert program for The Summer Concert Band, 5th Festival of Contemporary Works, July 18, 1951

The Contemporary Group, April 21, 1968

Concert program for The Contemporary Group, April 21, 1968

The Contemporary Group, May 28, 1969

Concert program for The Contemporary Group, May 28, 1969

The Contemporary Group, November 29, 1967

Concert program for The Contemporary Group, November 29, 1967

The Contemporary Group, October 18, 1972

Concert program for The Contemporary Group, October 18, 1972

The Contemporary Group, February 14, 1973

Concert program for The Contemporary Group, February 14, 1973

The Contemporary Group, April 18, 1973

Concert program for The Contemporary Group, April 18, 1973

The Contemporary Group, April 24, 1974

Contemporary Group, April 24, 1974

The Contemporary Group Program Notes, May 15, 1974

Concert program for The Contemporary Group Program Notes, May 15, 1974

Economic crisis, human values and attitudes towards immigrants

Recent decades have seen some European countries experiencing a new wave of migratory rates that have sustained economic growth and simultaneously contributed to changes in the pattems of customs, life styles, values and religions. Alongside this new European setting, ambivalent positions in the attitude domain have emerged. This occurs because in contemporary democratic societies people are embedded within cultural environments that disseminate a social discourse stressing that good people are egalitarian and non-discriminatory.