Policy & Politics vol 31 no 4 303 Key words: discourse • New Labour • health policy © The Policy Press, 2004 • ISSN 0305 5736 Policy & Politics v 32 n 3 303–16 The three moments of New Labour’s health policy discourse Ian Greener English This article examines the three ‘moments’ of health policy discourse under New Labour. It contends that, since 1997, there have been two significant changes: the first from an initially very Fabian rhetoric to one based instead around performance measurement and investment, and the second adding a new version ‘internal
213 Key words discourse • practice • logics of critical explanation • Well Being Power © The Policy Press • 2011 • ISSN 1744 2648 Evidence & Policy • vol 7 • no 2 • 2011 • 213–26 • 10.1332/174426411X579234 Discourse and practice: using the power of well being Steven Griggs1 and David Howarth This paper challenges the drawing of explicit boundaries between discourse and practice. Reflecting on the intricacies of practice and meaning, it begins by recounting the ‘story’ of the national evaluation of the Well Being Power and the myriad of ways in which local
, particularly when it comes to global travel ( Equaldex, 2022 ; ILGA, 2020 ). The pervasive and powerful presence of different technologies can be both a boon and a problem. This means science communicators who work with and through technologies need to be critically awake to the implications of their use. Here, I explore the impact technologies have on queer people and voices. I consider how queer voices might be added into the technology and innovation creation and use discourse. The underlying motivation of this work parallels Emily Dawson’s (2019) eloquent
option, the wide availability of mortgage finance from the late 1920s, and perceptions of poor quality within the social housing sector once it did become a more widely available housing option. This forms part of the institutional context of the evolution of the meaning and purpose of social housing. But there are also other important influences, which in turn can, over time, shape the evolution of institutional context. Political discourses and media representations of social housing exert a strong influence on our views of the meaning and value of social housing
135 SIX Recapturing discourse This chapter looks at how language is used in local government. It explores whose interests are being served by particular discourses. It asks how discourses could be changed to make them serve the ethical framework developed in Chapter Four and the objective of reclaiming local democracy. Chapter Five focused on how representative democracy can be strengthened by local councillors working to promote active citizenship and discussion around the ethical framework and routes of influence through the tiers of government. I argued
247 Key words evidence • maintenance treatment • policy • discourse © The Policy Press • 2009 • ISSN 1744 2648 Evidence & Policy • vol 5 • no 3 • 2009 • 247-65 • 10.1332/174426409X463794 re se ar ch The construction of maintenance treatment legitimacy: a discourse analysis of a policy shift Mats Ekendahl Opiate addict maintenance treatment (MT) has been controversial in Sweden. In 2004, however, a public authority conducted a review of MT research that paved the way for a relatively less restrictive policy. The present study examines how scientific evidence
17 TWO The concept of solidarity in the European integration discourse Józef Niżnik This chapter is devoted to the concept of solidarity and its role in European integration discourse. I deliberately use the phrase ‘European integration discourse’ rather than ‘discourse about the European Union’, and the reasons for this will become clear once the meaning of the term has been explained. After initial conceptual analysis focused on a general meaning of the concept of solidarity and its possible divergences, I clarify my understanding of a discourse
89 SIX Becoming a ‘better’ elite: the proliferation and discourses of educational travel programmes for elite youth Kristin Sinclair and Katy Swalwell Introduction1 In the US, elite elementary and secondary schooling has long contributed to the creation and maintenance of the ruling class, by cultivating students’ privileged identities, easing access to highly competitive institutions of higher education, and nurturing networking ties that often translate to the corporate world (Cookson and Persell, 1985; Howard, 2008). Recent economic uncertainty and
Introduction In this paper, I wish to explore whether it is time to drop the use of the term ‘prostitution’ in English policy discourse. 1 I argue here that ‘prostitution’ is a culturally loaded term and is insufficiently precise in describing the different contexts in which the exchange of sex for money or other resources between adults takes place. This lack of clarity has implications for policy action, which in turn materially affects the lives of those involved in the sex industry. I draw on MacKinnon’s (1989) thesis of the eroticisation of
Policy & Politics vol 31 no 1 289 © The Policy Press, 2003 • ISSN 0305 5736 Key words: globalisation • discourse • ideas • political economy Policy & Politics vol 31 no 3 289–305 Final submission 12 April 2002 • Acceptance 19 July 2002 The discourse of globalisation and the logic of no alternative: rendering the contingent necessary in the political economy of New Labour Matthew Watson and Colin Hay English Although convincingly discredited academically, a crude ‘business school’ globalisation thesis of a single world market, with its attendant political
