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Discursive (re)articulations of development policy in the light of Sustainable development goals: The case of Georgia

Lomidze, Ivane LU (2019) SIMV32 20191
Graduate School
Master of Science in Development Studies
Abstract
The paper analyses the ways Georgian government produced development policy in relation to the changing global and local discursive formations of development. By bringing together post-development theory and Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse analysis method, I illustrated that the neoliberal discourse failed to generate meanings regarding social issues that created a danger of the dislocation of the discourse. Against this “lack of meaning”, the social democratic ideology inspired political coalition Georgian Dream produced its development policy first as a pre-election player and then as a ruling political party. I argue that in order to deal with the dislocation of discourse, Georgian government incorporated elements such as inclusive... (More)
The paper analyses the ways Georgian government produced development policy in relation to the changing global and local discursive formations of development. By bringing together post-development theory and Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse analysis method, I illustrated that the neoliberal discourse failed to generate meanings regarding social issues that created a danger of the dislocation of the discourse. Against this “lack of meaning”, the social democratic ideology inspired political coalition Georgian Dream produced its development policy first as a pre-election player and then as a ruling political party. I argue that in order to deal with the dislocation of discourse, Georgian government incorporated elements such as inclusive economic growth and environmental sustainability from the global discourse of development under its domain. Those elements were articulated in a way that reproduced the same neoliberal economic rationality though under the different ideological frame. Following the critical literature, I illustrated that discursive articulations occur within the existing discursive field meaning that possibilities of social changes, does not matter how radically they attempt to distance themselves from the hegemonic discourse, are heavily influenced by the pre-existing discursive structures. (Less)
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author
Lomidze, Ivane LU
supervisor
organization
course
SIMV32 20191
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Discursive change and continuation, Neoliberalism and social democracy in Georgia, Sustainable Development Goals, Post-development theory
language
English
id
8983231
date added to LUP
2019-11-21 13:47:57
date last changed
2019-11-21 13:47:57
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  abstract     = {{The paper analyses the ways Georgian government produced development policy in relation to the changing global and local discursive formations of development. By bringing together post-development theory and Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse analysis method, I illustrated that the neoliberal discourse failed to generate meanings regarding social issues that created a danger of the dislocation of the discourse. Against this “lack of meaning”, the social democratic ideology inspired political coalition Georgian Dream produced its development policy first as a pre-election player and then as a ruling political party. I argue that in order to deal with the dislocation of discourse, Georgian government incorporated elements such as inclusive economic growth and environmental sustainability from the global discourse of development under its domain. Those elements were articulated in a way that reproduced the same neoliberal economic rationality though under the different ideological frame. Following the critical literature, I illustrated that discursive articulations occur within the existing discursive field meaning that possibilities of social changes, does not matter how radically they attempt to distance themselves from the hegemonic discourse, are heavily influenced by the pre-existing discursive structures.}},
  author       = {{Lomidze, Ivane}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Discursive (re)articulations of development policy in the light of Sustainable development goals: The case of Georgia}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}