Analysing Power Relations in Partnerships: Is There a Role for Discourse Analysis?

Annette Hastings
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Annette Hastings: Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, 25 Bute Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RS, UK, A.Hastings@socsci.gla.ac.uk

Urban Studies, 1999, vol. 36, issue 1, 91-106

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to assess power relations between the participants involved in a newly formed, multi-sectoral, urban regeneration partnership. The paper examines the extent of 'transformation' during the progress of the partnership; focusing on identifying changes in partners' theories of the causes of the local regeneration 'problem'. It draws upon the theoretical framework and analytical tools provided by critical discourse analysis in order to explore how a focus on language use can contribute to identifying changes in assumptions and values. The overall purpose of the paper is to consider the practical usefulness of discourse theory and analysis in identifying instances of the exercise of power. It concludes that discourse analysis can help to detect ways in which power is being exercised which may not be apparent to or acknowledged by those involved in partnerships and can therefore be made to play a useful role in assessing power in partnership working.

Date: 1999
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