Sustainability, Policy and Discourse Analysis
What can an analysis of discourse bring to our understanding of policy and sustainability? The papers in this panel presents work that shows how discourse analysis can be used to critique how sustainability is communicated in various areas of policy. We discuss how to combine critical discourse analysis with critical policy analysis, as showcased in Critical Policy Discourse Analysis (eds. Montesano Montessori, Farrelly, Mulderrig). Four major claims are made for Critical Policy Discourse Analysis:
1. It encourages and facilities a relational analysis of policy
2. It emphasises the constitutive role of discourse in policy analysis
3. It encourages analysis of the context of policy discourse
4. It encourages analysis of the connection between policy and power
The panel papers take policy and discourse as their starting point for a critical analysis of communicating sustainability.