Chapter 7. Variations of metaphors in party manifestos about EU finality
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Jan Kovář
Abstract
The literature on party positions on European integration and the closely related literature on Euroscepticism rely largely, from a methodological point of view, on coding of election manifestos and expert surveys/judgments. This paper opts for a different approach to study party positions on European integration based on an analysis of variation of the metaphors used by political parties in the discourse about the EU political finality. On the basis of key conceptual metaphors used in the discourse on EU finality that are identified in the relevant literature as well as the corpus itself, we analyze Czech political parties’ election manifestos issued for the 2004, 2009 and 2014 European Parliament elections. The analysis is then connected to party positions on European integration.
Abstract
The literature on party positions on European integration and the closely related literature on Euroscepticism rely largely, from a methodological point of view, on coding of election manifestos and expert surveys/judgments. This paper opts for a different approach to study party positions on European integration based on an analysis of variation of the metaphors used by political parties in the discourse about the EU political finality. On the basis of key conceptual metaphors used in the discourse on EU finality that are identified in the relevant literature as well as the corpus itself, we analyze Czech political parties’ election manifestos issued for the 2004, 2009 and 2014 European Parliament elections. The analysis is then connected to party positions on European integration.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction: Studying variation in political metaphor 1
- Chapter 1. First Lady, Secretary of State and Presidential Candidate 13
- Chapter 2. Fairies, Christmas miracles and sham marriages 35
- Chapter 3. The rhetorical use of political metaphor before, during and after the presidency 61
- Chapter 4. Knifed in the back 83
- Chapter 5. Greek metaphors in the fiscal straightjacket 107
- Chapter 6. The use of sensorimotor-based concepts during and after presidential campaigns 131
- Chapter 7. Variations of metaphors in party manifestos about EU finality 151
- Chapter 8. Variation in methods for studying political metaphor 177
- Conclusion 195
- Biographical notes 207
- Index 211
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction: Studying variation in political metaphor 1
- Chapter 1. First Lady, Secretary of State and Presidential Candidate 13
- Chapter 2. Fairies, Christmas miracles and sham marriages 35
- Chapter 3. The rhetorical use of political metaphor before, during and after the presidency 61
- Chapter 4. Knifed in the back 83
- Chapter 5. Greek metaphors in the fiscal straightjacket 107
- Chapter 6. The use of sensorimotor-based concepts during and after presidential campaigns 131
- Chapter 7. Variations of metaphors in party manifestos about EU finality 151
- Chapter 8. Variation in methods for studying political metaphor 177
- Conclusion 195
- Biographical notes 207
- Index 211
