Univ., Magisterarbeit--München, 2005.

Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio State University, 1948. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 180-184). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Detroit, 1943. / "March 1943." Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-68).

<p>Orators have throughout history used strategies to communicate as effectively as possible with their listeners. The ex-British Prime Ministers Winston Churchill and Tony Blair both engaged their people in war and hence gave account for the serious situations in broadcast speeches to the public. The purpose of this paper is to detect the features of Blair's discourse in a speech from 2003 and point out what rhetorical strategies he uses. I contrast my findings with a speech given by Churchill in 1940 to show to which extent Blair builds on tradition, and how different political circumstances might affect a speech. The conclusion shows that Blair's inclusive approach, deriving from the New Labour discourse "The Third Way", is apparent in e.g. the frequent use of vaguely defined pronouns as "we". Blair's speech is in line with the demands of a classical speech, and he uses the same persuasive devices as Churchill. Nevertheless the two ex-Prime Ministers' different political situations do affect the way in which they communicate their messages' which result in both differences and similarities.</p>

Orators have throughout history used strategies to communicate as effectively as possible with their listeners. The ex-British Prime Ministers Winston Churchill and Tony Blair both engaged their people in war and hence gave account for the serious situations in broadcast speeches to the public. The purpose of this paper is to detect the features of Blair's discourse in a speech from 2003 and point out what rhetorical strategies he uses. I contrast my findings with a speech given by Churchill in 1940 to show to which extent Blair builds on tradition, and how different political circumstances might affect a speech. The conclusion shows that Blair's inclusive approach, deriving from the New Labour discourse "The Third Way", is apparent in e.g. the frequent use of vaguely defined pronouns as "we". Blair's speech is in line with the demands of a classical speech, and he uses the same persuasive devices as Churchill. Nevertheless the two ex-Prime Ministers' different political situations do affect the way in which they communicate their messages' which result in both differences and similarities.

This study examines the process by which the British Labour Party is transformed into New Labour Party, under the leadership of Tony Blair. Tony Blair declared that the Labour Party Government was elected as New Labour and that they would be govern as New Labour in 1997. How did Tony Blair as leader seek to define New Labour to win an election for the Labour Party after four successive defeats? ¡§New Labour¡¨ the term used to describe the project of Tony Blair to continue the modernization of the Labour Party to enable it to win power. ¡§New Labour¡¨ attempted to break with ¡§Old Labour¡¨ by revising Clause ¢¼ of the Party Constitution, introduced direct democracy to rediscover their members, rebuild the party structure and policy-making process, weakening links with the trades unions, and accepting the Thatcherism agenda of lower levels of social protection and deregulated labour market. ¡§New Labour¡¨ went on to gain a landslide victory in the 1997 election, but there were criticism that ¡§New Labour¡¨ had abandoned the historic aim of an equal society.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1967. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Tese (doutorado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Relações Internacionais, 2008. / Submitted by Kathryn Cardim Araujo (kathryn.cardim@gmail.com) on 2009-10-15T15:28:05Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2008_CristianoGarciaMendes.pdf: 2165173 bytes, checksum: a3a3a7cdf6f3a5276d75711b2d9fac98 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Marília Freitas(marilia@bce.unb.br) on 2009-10-15T20:07:38Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2008_CristianoGarciaMendes.pdf: 2165173 bytes, checksum: a3a3a7cdf6f3a5276d75711b2d9fac98 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2009-10-15T20:07:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2008_CristianoGarciaMendes.pdf: 2165173 bytes, checksum: a3a3a7cdf6f3a5276d75711b2d9fac98 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-10-22 / Esta tese analisa o uso do conceito de terrorismo nos discursos do ex-Primeiro-Ministro Britânico Tony Blair. Utilizando uma abordagem derridiana, o estudo identifica as principais mudanças ocorridas nas narrativas de Blair após os atentados de 11 de setembro de 2001, nos Estados Unidos, mostrando as estratégias utilizadas pelo ex-Primeiro-Ministro na tentativa de estabilização de sentidos discursivos. Partindo também de pressupostos schmittianos, segundo os quais ser soberano é decidir sobre exceções, o presente estudo mostra como esta exclusividade decisória é utilizada por Blair como principal estratégia de estabilização de suas estruturas discursivas. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT / This thesis analyses the use of the concept terrorism on the discourses of the former Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair. Using a derridian approach, the study identifies the most important changes the happened in Blair's narratives after the 9/11 of 2001, at the United States, showing the strategies used by the former Prime Minister in the attempt to stabilize the discourse meanings. Using also a schmittian assumption, that being sovereign is to be able to decide about exceptions, the present study shows how the decision exclusivity is used by Blair as a main strategy of stabilization of his discourses' structures.