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Rhetorically defining a social institution: how leaders have framed same-sex marriage
Citation
Grube, D and van Acker, E, Rhetorically defining a social institution: how leaders have framed same-sex marriage, Australian Journal of Political Science, 52, (2) pp. 183-198. ISSN 1036-1146 (2017) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2016 Australian Political Studies Association
DOI: doi:10.1080/10361146.2016.1260683
Abstract
Questions about the definition, meaning and limits of marriage have
become a topic of fierce political debate in advanced Western
democracies over the past decade as political leaders have sought
to grapple with the issue of same-sex marriage. The rhetorical
choices of leaders as they have made the case for or against
moving away from traditional definitions of marriage have been
central to shaping the national debate within different
jurisdictions. This article applies the theoretical lens of ‘discursive
institutionalism’ (Schmidt) and the analytical purchase of
‘rhetorical political analysis’ (Finlayson) to compare the rhetoric of
Prime Minister David Cameron in the UK, Prime Minister Tony
Abbott in Australia, and President Obama in the USA. We argue
that Cameron and Obama have, in different ways, each sought to
discursively re-define the institution of marriage by drawing on
elements already endogenous to the institution itself.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Rhetoric; Marriage Policy; Discursive Institutionalism |
Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Political science |
Research Field: | Australian government and politics |
Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
Objective Group: | Government and politics |
Objective Field: | Government and politics not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Grube, D (Associate Professor Dennis Grube) |
ID Code: | 121200 |
Year Published: | 2017 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 3 |
Deposited By: | College Office - CALE |
Deposited On: | 2017-09-14 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-13 |
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