Political identity is a complex phenomenon that is generated within a rich sociocultural context. This thesis examines political identity in informal talk which is situated within a relatively under-explored context, New Zealand’s capital city and political centre, Wellington. Grounding the study within the critical realist model of stratified reality provides the philosophical motivation to explore multi-layered discourses alongside the extra-discursive referents that underpin them. The analysis centres on a model of identity, contra postmodernism, which shows that identities, while socially recognised in discourse, are articulated in reference to physical and social structures. I adopt a comprehensive multi-layered approach to discourse b...
At this moment in New Zealand’s history there is a need for healthy political debate on a range of i...
In the last decade, the political rhetoric around citizenship for ethnic minority groups, particular...
In this project I aim to challenge the conception of neo-liberalism as a monolithic ideology and the...
Political identity is a complex phenomenon that is generated within a rich sociocultural context. Th...
Settler colonisation produced particular colonial subjects: indigene and settler. The specificity of...
This thesis analyses discourses of national identity and the nation, using the case study of New Zea...
This thesis provides an ethnographic study of multiculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, which invest...
Indigenous peoples around the world have been involved, especially since the 1970s, in nationalist ...
The New Zealand Government’s assertion, in the early years of the 21st century, of the emergence of ...
Representation of Immigrants in New Zealand Print Media: A Critical Discourse Analysis New Zealand ...
Historically, prevailing knowledge systems have been challenged, de-centred and replaced and, as a c...
2011 saw the lowest voter turnout in Aotearoa/New Zealand since women won the right to vote (Vowles,...
This thesis uses Norman Fairclough’s model of critical discourse analysis to analyse the campaign di...
This project investigates the experiences of a small group of social service practitioners as they ...
Discusses the work and influence of New Zealand historian Michael King, in particular 'Being Pakeha'...
At this moment in New Zealand’s history there is a need for healthy political debate on a range of i...
In the last decade, the political rhetoric around citizenship for ethnic minority groups, particular...
In this project I aim to challenge the conception of neo-liberalism as a monolithic ideology and the...
Political identity is a complex phenomenon that is generated within a rich sociocultural context. Th...
Settler colonisation produced particular colonial subjects: indigene and settler. The specificity of...
This thesis analyses discourses of national identity and the nation, using the case study of New Zea...
This thesis provides an ethnographic study of multiculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, which invest...
Indigenous peoples around the world have been involved, especially since the 1970s, in nationalist ...
The New Zealand Government’s assertion, in the early years of the 21st century, of the emergence of ...
Representation of Immigrants in New Zealand Print Media: A Critical Discourse Analysis New Zealand ...
Historically, prevailing knowledge systems have been challenged, de-centred and replaced and, as a c...
2011 saw the lowest voter turnout in Aotearoa/New Zealand since women won the right to vote (Vowles,...
This thesis uses Norman Fairclough’s model of critical discourse analysis to analyse the campaign di...
This project investigates the experiences of a small group of social service practitioners as they ...
Discusses the work and influence of New Zealand historian Michael King, in particular 'Being Pakeha'...
At this moment in New Zealand’s history there is a need for healthy political debate on a range of i...
In the last decade, the political rhetoric around citizenship for ethnic minority groups, particular...
In this project I aim to challenge the conception of neo-liberalism as a monolithic ideology and the...