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A Foucauldian Approcach to Climate Change Discourse

Onsmark, Leia LU (2022) STVK02 20221
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This thesis sheds light on the complexities of climate change discourse by applying Foucauldian discourse analysis to the Canadian 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan. Through a six-step analysis process, the thesis intends to investigate the effects of discourse on the understanding of climate change and the consequences of constituting knowledge through discourse. The six-step process addresses discursive constructions, discourses, action orientation, positioning, practice, and subjectivity. Foucault’s theory of knowledge/power and discourse is used as a theoretical perspective for the thesis. The theoretical framework is applied to discuss how responsibility allocation may become problematic through the idea that knowledge allows its subject... (More)
This thesis sheds light on the complexities of climate change discourse by applying Foucauldian discourse analysis to the Canadian 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan. Through a six-step analysis process, the thesis intends to investigate the effects of discourse on the understanding of climate change and the consequences of constituting knowledge through discourse. The six-step process addresses discursive constructions, discourses, action orientation, positioning, practice, and subjectivity. Foucault’s theory of knowledge/power and discourse is used as a theoretical perspective for the thesis. The theoretical framework is applied to discuss how responsibility allocation may become problematic through the idea that knowledge allows its subject of it to become an object of underlying power structures. Thus, this discussion argues that social and economic development becomes prioritized over environmental preservation because of underlying political power structures. This is argued through Foucault’s theory of knowledge/power as a case of dominating and repressing language which ultimately produces knowledge. This allows knowledge to be an object of power. The discussion also illustrates that discourse has a profound effect on the allocation of responsibility for efficient environmental governance. (Less)
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author
Onsmark, Leia LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
How can the climate change discourse in Canada´s “2030 Emissions Reduction Plan” shed light on the problem of allocating responsibility?
course
STVK02 20221
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Climate change, Foucauldian critical discourse analysis, power, knowledge, responsibility, Canada
language
English
id
9080214
date added to LUP
2022-07-03 08:28:36
date last changed
2022-07-03 08:29:05
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  abstract     = {{This thesis sheds light on the complexities of climate change discourse by applying Foucauldian discourse analysis to the Canadian 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan. Through a six-step analysis process, the thesis intends to investigate the effects of discourse on the understanding of climate change and the consequences of constituting knowledge through discourse. The six-step process addresses discursive constructions, discourses, action orientation, positioning, practice, and subjectivity. Foucault’s theory of knowledge/power and discourse is used as a theoretical perspective for the thesis. The theoretical framework is applied to discuss how responsibility allocation may become problematic through the idea that knowledge allows its subject of it to become an object of underlying power structures. Thus, this discussion argues that social and economic development becomes prioritized over environmental preservation because of underlying political power structures. This is argued through Foucault’s theory of knowledge/power as a case of dominating and repressing language which ultimately produces knowledge. This allows knowledge to be an object of power. The discussion also illustrates that discourse has a profound effect on the allocation of responsibility for efficient environmental governance.}},
  author       = {{Onsmark, Leia}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{A Foucauldian Approcach to Climate Change Discourse}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}