A realist conceptualization of interests is proposed in opposition to the fashionable view that interests, objectivity and reality are merely social constructs, and that sociological analyses should be confined to discourse, actor-networks and micro-contextual practices. The objective interests of pharmaceutical companies in profit-maximization, and of patients/public health in the optimisation...

In Anglophone public discourse, the word crisis plays a significant role in discussion of critical events and situations across wide range domains. This paper discusses word’s status as keyword mainstream unpacks its semantic contents through natural semantics metalanguage corpus-assisted collocational analysis, explores ideological cultural assumptions underpinning usage. It finds that idea “g...

Abstract Dynamics contrary to the life of majority mobilized by neo-imperial neo-liberal capitalism evolving toward neo-fascist populism has become virtually invisible field Management/Administration, which is driven dynamics appropriation-contention focused on alternatives and transmodern epistemes emerging South-East. We analyze this picture radicalization global coloniality within context co...

How is the legitimation of American trade war with China discursively managed and conferred in recent political discourse? This paper critically examines this under-explored question current literature. Taking cues from critical international theory its insight on discourse foreign policy, I start by historicising discursive practices, which call ‘barbarising China’, construction civilisation v...

Over the past decade, Slovakia has witnessed dismantling of public human rights institutions and gender equality policies incessant efforts to limit sexual reproductive rights. While these processes have been mostly discussed in relation transnational anti-gender movement, this article conceptualizes them as part an illiberal turn. We argue that recent rhetorical, institutional, policy enabled ...

In “Reactionary Democracy”, Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter frame modern liberal democracy as fundamentally exclusionary. Appeals to democratic principles that both institutionalize normalize political inequality have not only allowed but actively facilitated the rise of “alt-” far-right. book, authors expound “fuzzy” demarcation between “illiberal” “liberal” racism, latter encompassing an adh...

Abstract The overall aim of this study is to explore the authoritarian dimension in far-right discourse online forums. argues for a focus on articulations authoritarianism understand dynamics discourse. Four central features are identified and explored: 1) values underlying articulated opinions diverse issues; 2) emotional authoritarianism; 3) coexistence civil uncivil 4) role mainstream news a...

This article examines the features of socio-political discourse based on texts online blogs public opinion leaders —I. Varlamov, Yu. Latynina, R. Kadyrov, N. Mikhalkov, S. Mikheev, and M. Simonyan. The purpose is to determine degree conflictogenicity Russian blogosphere, specifically media personalities, leaders; results obtained will provide for predicting preventing occurrence conflict situat...

The aim of this study was to explore the role social justice in multicultural education taught teacher education. investigated discourses on among Finnish educators, and subject positions constructed them. Discourse theory analysis revealed six education, ranging from conservative liberal critical, with having most articulations. Although has taken steps towards justice, results also highlight ...