Turning EU Into Me and You the Politicization of EU Representations in Macedonia
Turning EU Into Me and You the Politicization of EU Representations in Macedonia
Author(s): Aleksandar TakovskiSubject(s): Government/Political systems, Developing nations, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu & Fakultet političkih znanosti u Zagrebu
Keywords: Macedonia; European Union; party programs; EU discourse; negative campaign
Summary/Abstract: EU is discursive field where multiple meanings are created, negotiated and contested. Research has shown that it has interpretive power often used as an instrument of political confrontation. Such is the case, this study argues, with the two largest Macedonian parties – the Social Democrats and VMRO-DPMNE – who in a pursuit of changing or maintaining power have produced an EU discourse fitting to their own political agendas. In a situation of a prolonged political crisis, and a significant EU involvement in it, the two parties have turned their EU discourse into an instrument of positive presentation of the self and a negative presentation of the other. The general goal of the study is to analyze the specific discursive strategies in the party programs and media statements of the two parties and their leaders.
Journal: Političke perspektive
- Issue Year: 7/2017
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 27-49
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English