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De Gruyter Oldenbourg Framing the Threat: How Politicians justify their Policies

Name: Framing the Threat: How Politicians justify their Policies
Brand: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
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There is great power in the use of words: words create most of what we consider to be real and true. Framing our words and narratives is thus a tool of power but a power that also comes with limitations. This intriguing issue is the topic of Framing the Threat, an investigation of the relationship between language and security and of how discourse creates the scope of possibility for political action. In particular, the book scrutinizes and compares the security narratives of the former US presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. It shows how their framings of identity, i.e., of the American self and the enemy other facilitated a certain construction of threat that shaped the presidents detention and interrogation policies. By defining what was necessary in the name of national security, Bushs narrative justified the operation of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay and rendered the mistreatment of detainees possible a situation that would have otherwise been illegal. Bushs framings therefore enabled legal limits to be pushed and made the violation of rules appear legitimate. Obama, in contrast, constructed a threat scenario that required an end to rule violations, and the closure of Guantanamo for security reasons. According to this narrative, a return to the rule of law was imperative if the American people were to be kept safe. However, Obamas framing was continually challenged, and it was never able to dominate public discourse. Consequently, Framing the Threat argues Obama was unable to implement the policy changes he had announced.

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Brand: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 3110622149
Category: Books > Subjects > Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences > Government & Politics > Countries & Regions > United States
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 03 April 2019
Listed Since: 09 October 2018

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