Framing the Threat : : How Politicians justify their Policies / / Imke Köhler.
There is great power in the use of words: words create most of what we consider to be real and true. Framing our words and narratives is thus a tool of power – but a power that also comes with limitations. This intriguing issue is the topic of Framing the Threat, an investigation of the relationship...
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Köhler, Imke, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Framing the Threat : How Politicians justify their Policies / Imke Köhler. München ; Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2019] ©2019 1 online resource (XIII, 279 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- With Thankfulness -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I: Research Design -- 1. Introduction -- Part II: Theoretical Framework and Methodology -- 2. Constructivism -- 3. Discourse Theory -- 4. Security Discourse -- 5. Mode of Conduct -- Part III: Empiricism -- 6. Bush’s Security Discourse and Policies -- 7. Obama’s Security Discourse and Policies -- Part IV: Conclusion -- 8. Findings and Implications -- References restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star There is great power in the use of words: words create most of what we consider to be real and true. Framing our words and narratives is thus a tool of power – but a power that also comes with limitations. This intriguing issue is the topic of Framing the Threat, an investigation of the relationship between language and security and of how discourse creates the scope of possibility for political action. In particular, the book scrutinizes and compares the security narratives of the former US presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. It shows how their framings of identity, i.e., of the American ‘self’ and the enemy ‘other’ facilitated a certain construction of threat that shaped the presidents’ detention and interrogation policies. By defining what was necessary in the name of national security, Bush’s narrative justified the operation of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay and rendered the mistreatment of detainees possible – a situation that would have otherwise been illegal. Bush’s framings therefore enabled legal limits to be pushed and made the violation of rules appear legitimate. Obama, in contrast, constructed a threat scenario that required an end to rule violations, and the closure of Guantanamo for security reasons. According to this narrative, a return to the rule of law was imperative if the American people were to be kept safe. However, Obama’s framing was continually challenged, and it was never able to dominate public discourse. Consequently, Framing the Threat argues Obama was unable to implement the policy changes he had announced. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jun 2024) Discourse analysis. Discourse. Guantanamo. Identity. Securitization. Threat. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2019 Part 1 9783110762464 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2019 9783110719567 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English 9783110610765 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 9783110664232 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural and Area Stud. 2019 English 9783110610369 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural and Area Studies 2019 9783110606348 ZDB-23-DKU EPUB 9783110622355 print 9783110622140 https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110626056 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110626056 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110626056/original |
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