CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Kononenko, Anna Serhyyivna |
|---|---|
| Title | Two-Dimensional Politics in France |
| Summary | This thesis serves two goals. First goal is to find differences and similarities between xenophobic and racist rhetoric that was applied by Jean-Marie Le Pen and Sarkozy before 2007 presidential elections and before 2012 presidential elections that was applied by Marine Le Pen. Second goal is to figure out whether successful application of the anti-immigrant discourse had any implications for the French political space. Critical discourse analysis, developed by Fairclough is chosen as the most suitable methodology for the research. In particular, his three-dimensional model for analysis is used for analysing politicians’ rhetoric. I found that Sarkozy borrowed and applied Jean-Maries’ and Marines’ Le Pen xenophobic discourse before 2007 and 2012 presidential elections. Sarkozy’s extreme rhetoric has the same meaning as Le Pen’s, which resulted in his shift to the extreme-right pole on ideological spectrum. This resulted in implications for the French political space that after Sarkozy’s extreme rhetoric moved from three-dimensional to two-dimensional: meaning that now it has only strong left and extreme-right wing. |
| Supervisor | Pelinka Anton |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/kononenko_anna.pdf |
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