“Like in Europe”: Promotional Discourses of the Stipend Reduction and Justification of the Neoliberal Transformations in Ukraine
(2019) SIMV21 20181Graduate School
Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender
- Abstract
- This research explores the promotional discourses the neoliberal experts and politicians use to legitimise the stipend shortages to the students, whose interests this policy contradicts. The thesis argues that the proponents of the reform established the dialogue with the opposition in order to avoid the large-scale protests against the policy. The study suggests that the policy promotion opens up the wider picture of how the neoliberal transformations are justified in contemporary Ukraine and how the proponents of the neoliberal transformations draw on local values and collective memories to reach their aims.
The thesis employs critical discourse analysis and, firstly, explores the reframing of the dichotomy between the idealised... (More) - This research explores the promotional discourses the neoliberal experts and politicians use to legitimise the stipend shortages to the students, whose interests this policy contradicts. The thesis argues that the proponents of the reform established the dialogue with the opposition in order to avoid the large-scale protests against the policy. The study suggests that the policy promotion opens up the wider picture of how the neoliberal transformations are justified in contemporary Ukraine and how the proponents of the neoliberal transformations draw on local values and collective memories to reach their aims.
The thesis employs critical discourse analysis and, firstly, explores the reframing of the dichotomy between the idealised neoliberal imagery labelled as Europe and the demonised imagery of the “Soviet”. Secondly, the thesis explores the neoliberal construction of reality with the redefinition of the wider societal relations under the umbrella of the “bright European future”. They include the role of the state and its citizens as well as the role of higher education. Thirdly, it investigates the interplay between the neoliberal and nationalist discourses and the meanings it creates. I conclude that the nationalist discourse and the discourse of the “outside threat” reinforce the neoliberal state and leads to devaluation of the citizens. Finally, it studies how the experts and politicians appealed to the value of democratisation in order to avoid the resistance of the opposition. I employ David Harvey’s perspective on neoliberalism as the political and utopical project where the latter one is used by elites to justify the former one. (Less)
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- author
- Popova, Daria LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SIMV21 20181
- year
- 2019
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Neoliberalism, post-Soviet Ukraine, post-Maidan politics, nationalism, neoliberal state.
- language
- English
- id
- 8971867
- date added to LUP
- 2019-02-25 10:06:21
- date last changed
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abstract = {{This research explores the promotional discourses the neoliberal experts and politicians use to legitimise the stipend shortages to the students, whose interests this policy contradicts. The thesis argues that the proponents of the reform established the dialogue with the opposition in order to avoid the large-scale protests against the policy. The study suggests that the policy promotion opens up the wider picture of how the neoliberal transformations are justified in contemporary Ukraine and how the proponents of the neoliberal transformations draw on local values and collective memories to reach their aims.
The thesis employs critical discourse analysis and, firstly, explores the reframing of the dichotomy between the idealised neoliberal imagery labelled as Europe and the demonised imagery of the “Soviet”. Secondly, the thesis explores the neoliberal construction of reality with the redefinition of the wider societal relations under the umbrella of the “bright European future”. They include the role of the state and its citizens as well as the role of higher education. Thirdly, it investigates the interplay between the neoliberal and nationalist discourses and the meanings it creates. I conclude that the nationalist discourse and the discourse of the “outside threat” reinforce the neoliberal state and leads to devaluation of the citizens. Finally, it studies how the experts and politicians appealed to the value of democratisation in order to avoid the resistance of the opposition. I employ David Harvey’s perspective on neoliberalism as the political and utopical project where the latter one is used by elites to justify the former one.}},
author = {{Popova, Daria}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{“Like in Europe”: Promotional Discourses of the Stipend Reduction and Justification of the Neoliberal Transformations in Ukraine}},
year = {{2019}},
}