Full Description
Discourse, Politics and Women as Global Leaders focuses on the discourse practices of women in global political leadership. It provides a series of discursive studies of women in positions of political leadership. 'Political leadership' is defined as achieving a senior position within a political organization and will often indicate a senior role in government or opposition. The volume draws on a diverse collection of studies from across the globe, reflecting a variety of cultures and distinct polities. The primary aim is to consider in what way(s) discursive practice underpins, reflects, or is appropriated in terms of women's political success and achievements within politics. The chapters employ differing theoretical approaches all bound by the discursive insights they provide, and in terms of their contribution to understanding the role of language and discourse in the construction of gendered identities within political contexts.
Contents
1. Discourse, politics and women (by Wilson, John); 2. Part I. Discursive features of leadership; 3. Chapter 1. "Why can't a woman be more like a man?": Margaret Thatcher and the discourse of leadership (by Wilson, John); 4. Chapter 2. Breaking the glass & keeping the ceiling: Women presidents' discursive practices in Latin America (by Cortes-Conde, Florencia); 5. Chapter 3. Under fire: Pronominal use and leadership in the discourse of Helle Thorning-Schmidt (by Millar, Sharon); 6. Part II. Discourse, media and power; 7. Chapter 4. Twitter as political discourse: The case of Sarah Palin (by Davies, Catherine Evans); 8. Chapter 5. Gender and political discourse in Tunisia (by Kammoun, Raoudha); 9. Chapter 6. Julia Gillard: A murderous rage (by Appleby, Roslyn); 10. Chapter 7. Women in politics and the media: The discursive construction of collaboration for female leadership in Cameroon (by Atanga, Lilian Lem); 11. Part III. Leadership, identity and the public; 12. Chapter 8. "Thank you for heckling me": Hillary Rodham Clinton's discursive management of her public persona, her political message and the "Iron my shirt!" hecklers in the 2008 presidential election campaign (by Sheldon, Amy); 13. Chapter 9. Governors debating: The role of situational, discourse and transportable identities (by Adams, Karen L.); 14. Chapter 10. Discourses of female leaders in postcolonial Hong Kong (by Feng, Wei); 15. Part IV. Styling the leader; 16. Chapter 11. Governing in the gendered structure of power: The media discourse on Angela Merkel and her power-driven leadership style (by Lunenborg, Margreth); 17. Chapter 12. The ball is in the women's court: The portrayal of Finnish women as political leaders in newspapers (by Makela, Johanna); 18. Chapter 13. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: Media's "Ma Ellen" or the "Iron Lady" of West Africa? Textual discourse & brand of a leader (by Jones, Lennie M.); 19. Conclusion: Women as political leaders: What now? (by Wilson, John); 20. About the authors; 21. Index
