Port, Lukas
Political Discourse in Cuba
Following my initial interest in examining why the Cuban system survived the major changes after 1989 and the end of the Cold War, I have narrowed down my research to examining the mechanics of Cuban political discourse.
Cuban political discourse, as any other, weaves together different strands of relevant discourses from within and without in an effort to organise the Cuban field of meaning so as to fix the identities of people, objects and practices in a particular way. Political discourses involve the creation of acceptable hegemonic practices and norms perceived as exemplary and accepted by the majority in a society. Using a post-structural approach and referring to Michel Foucault's thesis that language is not a transparent tool through which we can see reality, but which instead creates reality, I am focusing on analysing Cuban political discourse and mapping its particular network of meaning and internal mechanics.
My research is inter-disciplinary and it is supervised both at the School of Modern Languages & Cultures, and Politics and International Relations.
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Latin America
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Social Capital
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Democratisation
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Election Monitoring
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State-Building
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United Nations System.