Depoliticising austerity: narratives of the Portuguese debt crisis 2011-15

The relationship between the Euro crisis and austerity policies is often understood in terms of broadly deterministic explanations centred around economic imperatives and, in the case of bailed out countries, the conditionality of international lenders. Applying a multi-lens framework of depoliticis...

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Published in:Policy and politics 2018-01, Vol.46 (1), p.149-164
Main Author: Standring, Adam
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Austerity policy
Bailouts
Crises
Crisis
Depoliticisation
Discourse
Discourse analysis
Economic crisis
Institutionalism
International lending
Narratives
Political change
Politicians
Politics
Portugal
Public debt
Sovereign debt
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Summary:The relationship between the Euro crisis and austerity policies is often understood in terms of broadly deterministic explanations centred around economic imperatives and, in the case of bailed out countries, the conditionality of international lenders. Applying a multi-lens framework of depoliticisation to the case of Portugal between 2011 and 2015, this article instead refocuses analysis on the discourse employed by national politicians, in their construction of crisis narratives, to build the political authority to pass reforms. The Portuguese case is particularly effective at demonstrating how depoliticisation, 'relocates politics and the political rather than annihilating it'.
ISSN:0305-5736
1470-8442
DOI:10.1332/030557317X14866576265977