Political language and metaphor: interpreting and changing the world

He ways of stargazing : Newtonian metaphoricity in American foreign policy / Dimitrios Akrivoulis -- Slippery slopes in political discourse / Dag Stenvoll -- Mechanical metaphors in politics / Jernej Pikalo -- Metaphors of social order / Erik Ringmar -- Metaphors of solidarity / Iseult Honohan -- Exploring the metaphorical (de- )construction of legitimacy : a comparison of legitimation discourses in American and British newspapers / Steffen G. Scheneider -- Identifying and assessing metaphors: discourse on EU reform / Petr Drulák -- Discursive metaphor analysis : (de)construction(s) of Europe / Jan Helmig & Jochen Walter -- Political protest and metaphor / Charlotte Fridolfsson -- Real construction through metaphorical language : how animals and machines (amongst other metaphors) maketh (hu)man (what he is) / Terrell Carver -- Data, anecdote and metaphor in gender equality policy-making : merging intellectual and real world mainstreaming / Gemma M. Carney -- Metaphors, mini-narratives and Foucauldian discourse theory policy / Véronique Mottier -- Metaphor, catachresis and equivalence : the rhetoric of freedom to fly in the struggle over aviation policy in the United Kingdom / David Howarth & Steven Griggs -- Love and life in heartless town : or, the use of metaphor in local planning / Merlijn van Hulst -- Cognition meets action : metaphors as models of and models for language / Dvora Yanow -- The application of conceptual metaphor theory to political discourse : methodological questions and some possible solutions / Alan Cienki -- Metaphorical moves : scientific expertise in research policy studies / Philippe Sormani & Martin Benninghoff -- A metaphorical election style : use of metaphor at election time / Dieter Vertessen & Christl de Landtsheer -- Editors reflections / Terrell Carver & Jernej Pikalo

He ways of stargazing : Newtonian metaphoricity in American foreign policy / Dimitrios Akrivoulis -- Slippery slopes in political discourse / Dag Stenvoll -- Mechanical metaphors in politics / Jernej Pikalo -- Metaphors of social order / Erik Ringmar -- Metaphors of solidarity / Iseult Honohan -- Exploring the metaphorical (de-)construction of legitimacy : a comparison of legitimation discourses in American and British newspapers / Steffen G. Scheneider -- Identifying and assessing metaphors: discourse on EU reform / Petr Drulak -- Discursive metaphor analysis : (de)construction(s) of Europe / Jan Helmig & Jochen Walter -- Political protest and metaphor / Charlotte Fridolfsson -- Real construction through metaphorical language : how animals and machines (amongst other metaphors) maketh (hu)man (what he is) / Terrell Carver -- Data, anecdote and metaphor in gender equality policy-making : merging intellectual and real world mainstreaming / Gemma M. Carney -- Metaphors, mini-narratives and Foucauldian discourse theory policy / Veronique Mottier -- Metaphor, catachresis and equivalence : the rhetoric of freedom to fly in the struggle over aviation policy in the United Kingdom / David Howarth & Steven Griggs -- Love and life in heartless town : or, the use of metaphor in local planning / Merlijn van Hulst -- Cognition meets action : metaphors as models of and models for language / Dvora Yanow -- The application of conceptual metaphor theory to political discourse : methodological questions and some possible solutions / Alan Cienki -- Metaphorical moves : scientific expertise in research policy studies / Philippe Sormani & Martin Benninghoff -- A metaphorical election style : use of metaphor at election time / Dieter Vertessen & Christl de Landtsheer -- Editors reflections / Terrell Carver & Jernej Pikalo.

This volume develops new methodological approaches to understanding and analysing the use of metaphor in political science and international studies