Crines, A and Heppell, T orcid.org/0000-0001-9851-6993 (2017) 'Rhetorical Style and Issue Emphasis within the Conference Speeches of UKIP’s Nigel Farage 2010-2014'. British Politics, 12 (2). pp. 231-249. ISSN 1746-918X
Abstract
This paper makes a distinctive contribution to the academic literature on the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) by focusing in on a new area of research – i.e. the political rhetoric of Nigel Farage in relation to his Conference speeches. Our first research question asks how his Conference speeches are constructed and delivered and identifies what rhetorical techniques are deployed to maximise their impact. In methodological terms we address this question through rhetorical political analysis (RPA). Our second research question examines the extent to which his Conference speeches are changing. We ask whether there is evidence that Farage is broadening the range of issue appeals within his rhetoric (as one would expect if UKIP were making that transition from an anti-establishment to a mainstream party). Our method for this involves the use of N-Vivo – a computer coding programme – which quantifies which policies and issues are being used within speeches.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in British Politics. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Crines, A and Heppell, T (2016) 'Rhetorical Style and Issue Emphasis within the Conference Speeches of UKIP’s Nigel Farage 2010-2014'. British Politics is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/bp.2016.2 |
Keywords: | United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP); Nigel Farage; political |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 May 2016 11:06 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jul 2017 13:40 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/bp.2016.2 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Identification Number: | 10.1057/bp.2016.2 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:99733 |