Discourse Analysis and Austerity

Foreword Ann Pettifor 1 Introduction Kate Power, Tanweer Ali, Eva Lebduskova SECTION 1: APPROACHING AUSTERITY THROUGH DISCOURSE 2 Critical discourse analysis and economics Bob Hodge 3 Expansionary Austerity: the discursive terrain for an "Exit Strategy" from economic stimulus in the wake of the 2008 economics and financial crisis Ellen Russell 4 Perspective of political science TBA SECTION 2: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 5 Austerity in Hansard and other political texts: a corpus critical analysis of austerity and its surrounding grammatical context. Lesley Jeffries Brian Walker 6 "Less State" in austerity: A concept masking the central agent of neoliberal policies Nuria Giniger Irene Sotiropoulou 7 Austerity discourses and representations in Greek media text Bessie Mitsikopoulou Christina Lykou SECTION 3: THE NOTION OF `CRISIS' 8 The Crisis of 2007-2008 and Beyond: Some Discussions on the Weight of Empirical Issues, Methodology and Rhetoric in the Recent Brazilian Case Eduardo Strachman Jose Ricardo Fucidji Ramon Vicente Garcia-Fernandez 9 Constructing a Crisis: The politics of austerity in Ireland's public discourse during the Global Financial Crisis Naoise McDonagh 10 Discursive uses of 'abnormality' in the Greek crisis Yannis Stavrakakis Antonis Galanopoulos SECTION 4: METAPHORS 11 The "eternal character" of austerity measures in European crisis policies: Evidences from the Fiscal Compact discourse in Austria Stephan Puehringer 12 Are the metaphors underlying institutional and academic discourse on austerity reliable predictors of the stances adopted? Catherine Resche 13 Metaphors in time of crisis: Legitimizing austerity? Antonella Luporini SECTION 5 : ARGUMENTATION 14 The Mirage of expansionary fiscal consolidation to resolve the euro-area crisis Giuseppe Mastromatteo Sergio Rossi 15 Selling Austerity as Expansion: The Doublespeak in Economics Hassan Bougrine Louis-Philippe Rochon 16 Why Should We Tighten Our Belts? On Arguments for Austerity in the Speeches on the Economic Crisis by Obama, Cameron, Sarkozy and Hollande Emanuele Brambilla SECTION 6: RESPONSES TO AUSTERITY 17 To resist or stoically accept? The discursive formation of reactions to austerity of housing politics in Europe Claes Ohlsson Maria Jose Zapata Campos Patrik Zapata 18 The Romanian Public Discourse on Austerity: Indignation and Personalization as a Means to Elude the Ideological Interrogations Alina Bargaoanu Loredanu Radu 19 Social dissension and graphic humor: El Roto's humoristic discourse as generator of alternative public opinion against the Spanish government austerity policies and the capitalism-driven crisis effects Virginia Villaplana-Ruiz Piedad Fernandez 20 Conclusion Kate Power Tanweer Ali Eva Lebduskova