Discourses of un/employment in Europe: The Austrian Case
- Publisher:
- De Gruyter
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- Citation:
- Wodak Ruth and Van Leeuwen Theo 2002, 'Discourses of un/employment in Europe: The Austrian Case', De Gruyter, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 345-367.
- Issue Date:
- 2002
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This article deals with the discursive construction of unemployment in
Austria, through an analysis of speeches by former Chancellor Klima
and reports in the Austrian press. It is a companion to an earlier paper
investigating the same issues in the UK. Both deal with left-wing
governments who, in the European context, are proposing economic
change and developing and adapting a range of legitimation devices and
rhetorical strategies to this end. There are clear similarities, which can
be traced back to European policies, but there are also local accents.
In the UK there is a greater emphasis on economic issues and ‘moral
underclass’ discourse, while in Austria there is more emphasis on
political-cum-ideological issues.
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