From Property-Owning Democracy to Generation Rent? Analysing Theresa May’s Housing Rhetoric from the Perspective of the Discourse Historical Approach
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://dokumenty.osu.cz/ff/journals/ostravajournal/13-2/OJEP_21_2_Full.pdf" target="_blank" >https://dokumenty.osu.cz/ff/journals/ostravajournal/13-2/OJEP_21_2_Full.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15452/OJoEP.2021.13.0012" target="_blank" >10.15452/OJoEP.2021.13.0012</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
From Property-Owning Democracy to Generation Rent? Analysing Theresa May’s Housing Rhetoric from the Perspective of the Discourse Historical Approach
Original language description
Since the 1920s, British Conservatives pursued the concept of property ‑owning democracy, with home ownership viewed as a guarantor of social stability and personal autonomy. However, recent increases in housing costs have made the “British Dream” of home ‑ownership more elusive than ever, with renting becoming a lifelong prospect for large swathes of people. Using the Discourse Historical Approach, a method falling within Critical Discourse Analysis, the article analyzes the 2019 housing speech by Prime Minister Theresa May to ascertain whether the changing situation has been reflected in the Conservatives’ housing rhetoric, traditionally driven by a property ‑owning ethos. Examining May’s argumentation and language use, it concludes that May’s proclaimed commitment to renewed council house construction represents both a long‑‑overdue acknowledgement of the housing affordability crisis and a pre‑‑election strategy to win Labour voters.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>ost</sub> - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60203 - Linguistics
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Ostrava Journal of English Philology
ISSN
1803-8174
e-ISSN
2571-0257
Volume of the periodical
13
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
81-96
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