Analysis of Political Discourse in Pakistani Party Manifestos
Journal Title: Global Social Sciences Review - Year 2019, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Political discourse is inarguably deemed an essential tool, impercetably influencing people’s perception within a socio-political zone. The present research revolve around the critical discourse analysis of manifestos of Pakistani political parties, pertaining to the general election of 2013. The theoretical framework for the study triangulates VanDijks (1998) Socio-Cognitive Model, along with the support of Turner and Tajfels (1979) Social identity approach and Budge and Farlies Salience theory (1983). The research revealed that all the political parties under study used the discursive strategies in their party manifestos in order to enhance the positive self-image of party to in-group people, by focusing the negative aspects of the out-group, thereby (re)constructing peoples political identities and ideologies and achieving the desired hegemony for itself.
Authors and Affiliations
Mehwish Malghani, Shabana Akhtar, Farhat Farooqi
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- DOI 10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).30
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