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Queering the Growth Paradigm: A feminist critical discourse analysis

Stambke, Franziska LU (2020) SIMV18 20201
Graduate 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
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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
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
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  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}},
}