Language Politics in the EU-China Dialogue: Discourse as a meeting point between ‘East’ and ‘West’ in a new world order

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Voermans, Julia (2020)

Language Politics in the EU-China Dialogue: Discourse as a meeting point between ‘East’ and ‘West’ in a new world order

Master thesis | International Relations (MA)

The liberal world order, as we have known for decades is in decline and emerging states are on the rise, meaning that a new world order is around the corner. EU-China relations are key in this regard and will be examined in this thesis by means of a discourse analysis. With only a few studies focussing on the effects of language politics or discursive power in international relations, this thesis employs new insights that go beyond IR literature that is often situated in Western geographies and it uniquely applies a discourse analysis to provide evidence. Hence, this thesis answers the following research question: How does China seek to construct the nature and content of the EU-China Dialogue and why does it act in this fashion?

Author: Voermans, Julia

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation: European Union Studies

Supervisors: David, Maxine

ECTS Credits: 15

Language: en

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