The vision, though, is less notable for its plausibility than its underlying effort to elevate soft power foreign policy strategies into the utilitarian, national-interest discourse that dominates foreign-policy discussion.
Each side in what Knights understands, properly, as the media front in a merciless political struggle between Whigs and Tories soon began accusing the other of trafficking in lies, distortions, conspiracy theories, and special pleading, and presenting itself as the avatar of the public interest, civil discourse, and epistemologically derived truth.
Tribal, partisan interests dominate discourse much more than an honest pursuit of truth.
Her research interests include discourse analysis, systemic functional linguistics, and media discourse study.
His research interests are discourse analysis, social semiotics and functional syntax.
"I'm really interested in discourse, so any opportunity to share my work, even in this strange hallway in a residential building, is important," Maloof says.
Non-state actors represent a range of interests and discourses with activities take place at local to global levels, actors that joined the steering of global affairs with nation-states (Nasiritousi et al., 2016; Koenig-Archibugi and Zürn 2006).
Rather, with memories of violence at recent World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle and in Genoa, Italy, officials of Salt Lake City and the Winter Olympics say they worry more about groups that have no interest in peaceful discourse.
Policy subsystems incorporate both interest networks and discourse communities.
As a result, environmental management and promotion of energy efficiency have gained significant interest in global discourse.
The second hypothesis arose from our interest in academic discourse communities and different conventions for acknowledging earlier research in one's discipline.
