Oaten, Alexander (2017). Understanding a populist discourse: an ethnographic account of the English Defence League’s collective identity. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.
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Abstract
This thesis will examine the collective identity of the English Defence League by utilising Ernesto Laclau’s theory of populism. The empirical research contained within this study was gained via an ethnographic investigation of the EDL which included eighteen months of observations at demonstrations and twenty six narrative interviews conducted with a small group of EDL members. The study will utilise concepts that have been developed by Laclau in order to present a theoretical understanding of the way in which the EDL constructs its collective identity. By examining the role of demands and dislocation, equivalence and antagonism and the empty signifier in constructing the EDL’s identity this work will shed new light on how the EDL emerged and the way in which it developed as a populist social movement.
| Type of Work: | Thesis (Doctorates > Ph.D.) | ||||||
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| Award Type: | Doctorates > Ph.D. | ||||||
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| College/Faculty: | Colleges (2008 onwards) > College of Social Sciences | ||||||
| School or Department: | School of Government and Society, Department of Political Science and International Studies | ||||||
| Funders: | None/not applicable | ||||||
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races H Social Sciences > HX Socialism. Communism. Anarchism J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain |
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| URI: | http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/7309 |
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