A Strategic Move Towards Power? : A critical discourse analysis of how national leaders of China and the United States frame their foreign trade policies in the trade war

By using critical discourse analysis, the purpose of this thesis has been to reveal the hidden power relation behind the discourse on foreign trade policies in the context of the trade war and to examine if grand strategies can be identified in the discourses. The thesis has thus focused on what dis...

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Main Author: Arpzell, Felicia
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Language:English
Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST) 2020
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-lnu-911472020-01-24T03:36:04ZA Strategic Move Towards Power? : A critical discourse analysis of how national leaders of China and the United States frame their foreign trade policies in the trade warengA Strategic Move Towards Power? : A critical discourse analysis of how national leaders of China and the United States frame their foreign trade policies in the trade warArpzell, FeliciaLinnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)2020Foreign trade policiesChinaThe United StatesTrade warCritical discourse analysisGrand StrategyRealismHegemonyPowerPolitical ScienceStatsvetenskapBy using critical discourse analysis, the purpose of this thesis has been to reveal the hidden power relation behind the discourse on foreign trade policies in the context of the trade war and to examine if grand strategies can be identified in the discourses. The thesis has thus focused on what discourses the national leaders of the United States and China have created and how different words and concepts have been used to form a national strategy on foreign trade policies in the context of the trade war. This thesis has also examined if theories of primacy and neo-neo-isolationism can be found in the discourses produced by the national leaders of China and the United States. The conducted discourse analysis suggests national leaders of China and the United States create discourses to gain an advantage. Where words and concepts were used to strengthen their own position while weakening the other, theories of primacy and neo-neo-isolationism could not be found in the discourses. However, it can be suggested that some parts of the strategies where found.  Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-91147application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic Foreign trade policies
China
The United States
Trade war
Critical discourse analysis
Grand Strategy
Realism
Hegemony
Power
Political Science
Statsvetenskap
spellingShingle Foreign trade policies
China
The United States
Trade war
Critical discourse analysis
Grand Strategy
Realism
Hegemony
Power
Political Science
Statsvetenskap
Arpzell, Felicia
A Strategic Move Towards Power? : A critical discourse analysis of how national leaders of China and the United States frame their foreign trade policies in the trade war
description By using critical discourse analysis, the purpose of this thesis has been to reveal the hidden power relation behind the discourse on foreign trade policies in the context of the trade war and to examine if grand strategies can be identified in the discourses. The thesis has thus focused on what discourses the national leaders of the United States and China have created and how different words and concepts have been used to form a national strategy on foreign trade policies in the context of the trade war. This thesis has also examined if theories of primacy and neo-neo-isolationism can be found in the discourses produced by the national leaders of China and the United States. The conducted discourse analysis suggests national leaders of China and the United States create discourses to gain an advantage. Where words and concepts were used to strengthen their own position while weakening the other, theories of primacy and neo-neo-isolationism could not be found in the discourses. However, it can be suggested that some parts of the strategies where found. 
author Arpzell, Felicia
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title A Strategic Move Towards Power? : A critical discourse analysis of how national leaders of China and the United States frame their foreign trade policies in the trade war
title_short A Strategic Move Towards Power? : A critical discourse analysis of how national leaders of China and the United States frame their foreign trade policies in the trade war
title_full A Strategic Move Towards Power? : A critical discourse analysis of how national leaders of China and the United States frame their foreign trade policies in the trade war
title_fullStr A Strategic Move Towards Power? : A critical discourse analysis of how national leaders of China and the United States frame their foreign trade policies in the trade war
title_full_unstemmed A Strategic Move Towards Power? : A critical discourse analysis of how national leaders of China and the United States frame their foreign trade policies in the trade war
title_sort strategic move towards power? : a critical discourse analysis of how national leaders of china and the united states frame their foreign trade policies in the trade war
publisher Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)
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