1st Edition

Political Discourse as Dialogue A Latin American Perspective

By Adriana Bolívar Copyright 2018
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

We are witnessing the collapse of democracies in many parts of the world and a general tendency to the resurgence of right-wing and left-wing populisms led by authoritarian leaders. This book centres on the political dialogue in one of these democracies. The focus is on Venezuela, the rich Latin American oil producing country, and its transformation from a stable democracy to a very unstable and... Read more

Introduction: Discourse, Dialogue and Political Change





1. Perspectives on Dialogue Analysis: Communication, Utopia, 'Love for the People'



2. A Dialogue-centred- Lingusitic-interactional Approach



3. Stability and Change in Institutional Dialogue



4. Dialogue and Confrontation



5. Interruptions and Apologies in Diplomatic Conflicts



6. The Dynamics of Personal Pronouns in Political Change





Conclusions

Biography

Adriana Bolívar is Professor of Linguistics and Discourse Studies at Universidad Central de Venezuela. She is author of Dialogue in the dynamics of political practice in D. Koike & L. Rodríguez-Alfano (Eds.) (2010), Dialogue studies: Approaches, functions, context, and language in Spanish (pp. 159-188), New York: Palgrave Macmillan Press.