Discourse and Identity Formation : Parliamentary Debates in Bahrain.

Intro -- Discourse and Identity Formation -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Naamloos -- Dedication page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Acknowledgements -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Transliteration system -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- The parliamentary dynamics and the Bahraini Council of Representatives -- Discourse in the Bahraini Council -- Themes of the book -- Chapterisation -- Scope and methodology -- Theoretical underpinnings -- Disclaimer -- Chapter 2. Religion, ideology and politics in Islamic society -- Introduction -- Ideological evolution in the Muslim world -- Construction of politics in Islam -- Islam and democracy -- Chapter 3. Language variation across Bahrain -- Language, religion and ideologies -- The Bahraini community -- Linguistic variations in Bahrain -- Standard Arabic, dialects and accents -- Bahrain dialect variations -- Borrowed vocabulary in Bahrain dialects -- Bahrain dialects and standard Arabic -- Chapter 4. Theoretical underpinnings -- Introduction -- The concept of power -- Power, ideology and language -- Formation and evolution of identity -- The role of discourse -- Society and discourse: Critical discourse analysis as a methodological tool -- CDS as a perspective -- CDS and politics -- Interdisciplinarity in CDS -- Common dimensions of CDS approaches -- Features of CDS -- Sociocognitive Approach (SCA) as a methodological device -- Social cognition -- Context in SCA -- Criticisms of CDS -- SCA and theories of deliberative democracy -- Discursive categories in Bahrain parliamentary debates -- Key aspects of the analytical framework -- Focusing upon a social problem that has a semiotic aspect -- Identifying obstacles to the social problem being tackled -- Deciding if the social order "needs" this problem -- Identifying possible ways past the obstacles.

Reflecting on the analysis -- Chapter 5. Ideology, identity and discourse: Evidence from parliamentary debates during 2008-2010 -- Introduction -- Structure of the Bahraini parliament -- Discourse in the Bahraini parliament: An overview -- Three discursive strategies -- Corroborating by information -- Intensifying grievance -- Centralising pride and dignity -- Discursive devices -- Emotions in discourse -- Taking emotions unemotionally -- Variables affecting emotions -- Emotions and language -- Arabic language rhetoric -- Style -- Speech acts -- Ideology, identity and discourse: Evidence from Bahrain parliamentary debates -- 1. The use of teargas: From sitting 2:2:16, 12 Feb. 2008 -- A reproach: A backgrounded disagreement -- A combination of grievance and information -- Bahrain's international image as a perspective -- Disappointment -- 2. The debate on Bahraini detainees abroad: From sitting 2:2:25 a, 22 April 2008 -- 3. Insulting the government: From sitting 2:2:25 b, 22 April 2008 -- 4. Condemning a "Terrorist" Plot: From sitting 2:3:10, 30 Dec. 2008 -- Beyond the text: on the background to the conflict -- Analysis of the excerpt -- a. In-groupness and out-groupness -- 5. The arrest of political activists: From sitting 2:3:13, 27 Jan. 2009 -- 6. Big and small thieves: From sitting 2:3:23, 7 April 2009 -- Political wit -- Background to excerpt -- 7. Eavesdropping: From sitting 2:4:3, 20 Oct. 2009 -- 8. The arrest of A. Hassan (a): From sitting 2:4:10, 22 Dec. 2009 -- 9. The arrest of A. Hassan (b): From sitting 2:4:11, 29 Dec. 2009 -- 10. Censoring a speech: From sitting 2:4:24, 30 Mar. 2010 -- 11. Activating a punishment decision: From sitting 2:4:28, 27 April 2010 -- Chapter 6. Discursive approaches and political ideology in Bahrain -- Discursive devices and strategies in parliamentary discourse: A Synthesis.

Employment of discursive strategies -- Employment of discursive devices -- Strategies and devices among political parties -- Manifesting power -- 1. Protesting against the establishment -- 2. Confrontation of opposing perspectives -- 3. Striving for legal reform -- Marking identities -- The ideology of protest -- A step towards overt criticism -- Deliberative democracy and political stability -- Chapter 7. Bahrain's ongoing quest for deliberative democracy -- The third and fourth legislative period 2010-2014 -- Public discourse and the unrest of 2011 -- A sum up -- Role of parliament in society -- Political discourse in the Council of Representatives -- Employment of discursive devices -- Employment of discursive strategies -- The emancipatory potentials of discourse -- Bibliography -- Appendix A. Collecting and presenting data -- The criteria for choosing data -- A. Hansard -- Suitability of Hansard -- B. Translation and transliteration -- C. Using newspapers -- Appendix B. Agenda topics matched to items in Hansard -- Appendix C. The excerpts -- 1. Teargas: From Sitting 2:2:16, 12th Feb. 2008, pp. 62-73 -- 2. Bahraini detainees abroad: From Sitting 2:2:25 a, 22nd April 2008, pp. 19-20 -- 3. Insulting the government: From Sitting 2:2:25 b, 22nd April 2008, pp. 43-44 -- 4. Condemning a "terrorist" plot: From Sitting 2:3:10, 30th Dec. 2008, pp. 95-99 -- 5. The arrest of political activists: From Sitting 2:3:13, 27th Jan. 2009, pp. 4-6 -- 6. Big and small thieves: From Sitting 2:3:23, 7th April 2009, pp. 103-104 -- 7. Eavesdropping: From Sitting 2:4:3, 20th Oct. 2009, p. 15 -- 8. The arrest of Abdali Hassan (a): From Sitting 2:4:10, 22nd Dec. 2009, pp. 6-7 -- 9. The arrest of Abdali Hassan (b): From Sitting 2:4:11, 29th Dec. 2009, p. 6 -- 10. Censoring a speech: From Sitting 10, 30th March 2010, pp. 78-79.

11. Activating a Punishment Decision: From Sitting 2:4:28, 27th April 2010, p. 43 -- Appendix D. Offences affecting external state security -- Glossary -- Index.

The book explores eleven debates held at the Bahraini Council of Representatives (or the Parliament) over 2007-2010 to comprehend how parliamentary discourse contributes towards identity formation within Bahraini society.

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