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Data and Methods: A Conceptual Approach to Intercultural Dialogue
Aino-kaisa KoistinenTuuli LähdesmäkiSusanne C. Ylönensubject
PoliticsIncentivePolitical sciencePerspective (graphical)PerformativityFormal concept analysismedia_common.cataloged_instanceEngineering ethicsEducation policyEuropean unionSoft lawmedia_commondescription
In this chapter, we discuss the constructivist perspective on concepts and explain how we utilize this in our analysis of concepts used by the Council of Europe and the European Union in their education policy documents. In this perspective, political language and administrative documents not only describe the reality of administrated issues but also participate in their construction and meaning-making. The authors emphasize the performativity of language and discuss its significance for political rhetoric. Besides the theoretical and methodological frameworks, we describe the data and elaborate on the genre of education policy documents. We also provide an overview of the development, contents, and goals of European education policies in general and discuss their challenges as ‘soft law’ instruments based on non-enforceable recommendations and incentives.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-01 |