‘Together in the National Interest’: The Rhetoric of Unity and the Formation of the Cameron–Clegg Government
‘Together in the National Interest’: The Rhetoric of Unity and the Formation of the Cameron–Clegg Government
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“为了国家利益而在一起”：团结的言论和卡梅伦-克莱格政府的组建
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2015
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J. Atkins
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在2010年5月保守党-自由民主党政府成立后，大卫卡梅隆和尼克克莱格试图说服党员，选民和持怀疑态度的媒体，他们的伙伴关系将在议会期间保持一致。本文以肯尼斯·伯克的修辞认同理论为出发点，探讨了联盟党高层人物为不同受众构建和呈现团结形象所采用的策略。特别值得关注的是对各党派共同价值观和“国家利益”的呼吁，以及对英国“债务危机”的叙述。这种说法通过邀请国会议员和支持者团结在削减赤字的事业背后，反对所谓破坏经济的“不负责任的”工党，从而最大限度地减少了党派间的分歧。文章最后反思了未来英国联合政府的合作伙伴的经验教训。
Following the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat government in May 2010, David Cameron and Nick Clegg sought to persuade party members, the electorate and a sceptical media that their partnership would hold together for the duration of the parliament. Taking as its starting point Kenneth Burke’s theory of rhetoric as identification, this article explores the strategies employed by senior Coalition figures to construct and present an image of unity to these different audiences. Of particular concern are appeals to the parties’ shared values and to the ‘national interest’, as well as the narrative of Britain’s ‘debt crisis’. This narrative served to minimise inter-party divisions by inviting MPs and supporters to unite behind the cause of deficit reduction, in opposition to the ‘fiscally irresponsible’ Labour Party that had allegedly wrecked the economy. The article concludes by reflecting on the lessons for the partners in a future UK coalition government.