Queering the Growth Paradigm: A feminist critical discourse analysis
(2020) SIMV18 20201Graduate School
Master of Science in Development Studies
Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender
- Abstract
- The European Green Deal is an example of a growth-oriented environmental
policy approach. However, from the perspective of Degrowth, the narrative
of unlimited growth is criticized. Therefore, this thesis analyses resistant texts
in reaction to the set of environmental policy initiatives proposed by the
European Green Deal. To address the underlying power relations that
constitute a dependency on economic growth, this thesis follows the threedimensional model of Critical Discourse Analysis, as conceptualized by Fairclough, with a queer-feminist perspective. The goal is to address how the
social practices within a growth-dependent economy affect the discourse
practices of criticising growth. A queer approach, motivated by the
... (More) - The European Green Deal is an example of a growth-oriented environmental
policy approach. However, from the perspective of Degrowth, the narrative
of unlimited growth is criticized. Therefore, this thesis analyses resistant texts
in reaction to the set of environmental policy initiatives proposed by the
European Green Deal. To address the underlying power relations that
constitute a dependency on economic growth, this thesis follows the threedimensional model of Critical Discourse Analysis, as conceptualized by Fairclough, with a queer-feminist perspective. The goal is to address how the
social practices within a growth-dependent economy affect the discourse
practices of criticising growth. A queer approach, motivated by the
conceptualization of Power and Knowledge by Foucault, is needed to address
the knowledge production and reproduction of hegemonic assumptions about
gender within an environmental discourse. (Less)
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- author
- Stambke, Franziska LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SIMV18 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Degrowth, Queer Theory, Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis, European Green Deal, Hegemony
- language
- English
- id
- 9027127
- date added to LUP
- 2020-09-14 12:11:08
- date last changed
- 2020-09-14 12:11:08
@misc{9027127, abstract = {{The European Green Deal is an example of a growth-oriented environmental policy approach. However, from the perspective of Degrowth, the narrative of unlimited growth is criticized. Therefore, this thesis analyses resistant texts in reaction to the set of environmental policy initiatives proposed by the European Green Deal. To address the underlying power relations that constitute a dependency on economic growth, this thesis follows the threedimensional model of Critical Discourse Analysis, as conceptualized by Fairclough, with a queer-feminist perspective. The goal is to address how the social practices within a growth-dependent economy affect the discourse practices of criticising growth. A queer approach, motivated by the conceptualization of Power and Knowledge by Foucault, is needed to address the knowledge production and reproduction of hegemonic assumptions about gender within an environmental discourse.}}, author = {{Stambke, Franziska}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Queering the Growth Paradigm: A feminist critical discourse analysis}}, year = {{2020}}, }