Neoliberal Narrative in Times of Economic Crisis: A Political Claims Analysis of the U.K. Press, 2007 14
Using political claims analysis on 1,000 articles from five national newspapers (Daily Mail, The Sun, The Times, The Guardian, and Daily Mirror) this article demonstrates that press coverage of the financial crisis, recession, and austerity in the United Kingdom between 2007 14 drew heavily on a neoliberal discourse. Political, market, and civil society actors discussed the impact of hard times on people using a reductionist neoliberal narrative, framing people as "economic actors" and consistently underplaying any social or political traits. By examining communicative, rather than coordinative, discourse this research expands the focus of previous studies which have examined the embeddedness of ideology in society, and highlights potential links to studies of citizen participation and mobilization. Related Articles in this Special Issue Cinalli, Manlio, and Marco Giugni. 2016. "Collective Responses to the Economic Crisis in the Public Domain: Myth or Reality?" Politics Policy 44 (3) 427 446. http:/onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/polp.12159/abstract Giugni, Marco, and Maria T. Grasso. 2016. "How Civil Society Actors Responded to the Economic Crisis: The Interaction of Material Deprivation and Perceptions of Political Opportunity Structures." Politics Policy 44 (3) 447 472. http:/onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/polp.12157/abstract English, Patrick, Maria T. Grasso, Barbara Buraczynska, Sotirios Karampampas, and Luke Temple. 2016. "Convergence on Crisis? Comparing Labour and Conservative Party Framing of the Economic Crisis in Britain, 2008 14." Politics Policy 44 (3) 577 603. http:/onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/polp.12160/abstract Related Media Youtube. 2015. "Neoliberalism's Stealth Revolution Interview with Wendy Brown." https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUGSjd_OoQ0 LSE British Politics and Policy Blog. 2016. "Words Matter: Deconstructing 'Welfare Dependency' in the UK Paul Michael Garrett." http:/blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/%EF%BB%BFwords matter deconstructing welfare dependency in the uk/ Usando un analisis de discurso politico sobre 1,000 articulos de cinco periodicos nacionales (Daily Mail, The Sun, The Times, The Guardian, y Daily Mirror) este articulo demuestra que la cobertura de la prensa sobre la crisis financiera, recesion y medidas de austeridad en el Reino Unido entre 2007 2014 se basan significativamente en un discurso neoliberal. Actores politicos, del mercado y la sociedad civil, han discutido el impacto de tiempos dificiles en la poblacion general usando una narrativa neoliberal reduccionista, concibiendo a las personas como "actores economicos" y subestimando de manera consistente cualquier caracteristica social o politica. Al examinar el discurso comunicativo, en lugar de coordinativo, este estudio expande el enfoque de literatura previa que ha analizado los fundamentos ideologicos en la sociedad, y destaca relaciones potenciales con estudios sobre participacion y movilizacion ciudadana.