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Item THIRD FORCE IN BRITISH POLITICS(University of Algiers 2. Faculty of Letters and Languages, 2013) Derragui, Hiba Khedidja; Mansouri, Brahim (Directeur de thèse)The future of the third force in British politics rests in the role of the Liberal Democrats to make an electoral breakthrough. If that role is important, then realignment in British politics is clearly possible. Through a historicist approach along with an analysis of many data from the British Election Study surveys and qualitative data from newspapers, this dissertation examines the role of the Liberal Democrats in British politics and the challenges facing them. The purpose of this dissertation is to assess the Liberal Democrats’ record from the twentieth to the first decade of the twenty-first century, notably in terms of electoral performance and suggests the possibility of a long-term role for the Liberal Democrats as a realigning or at least persistently dealigning force. This dissertation provides a succinct account of the history of the party. It also focuses on the Alliance between the SDP and the Liberals in the 1980s and the process of merger. It determines also the Liberal Democrats’ position in the political spectrum through defining their ideology which is clearly rooted in social liberalism and considering their ability to achieve electoral performance in terms of votes and seats as well. It considers the party’s relations with the Conservative and Labour parties. It explores the party’s policy and strategy through an analysis of the party’s manifestoes and policy documents and examines the outcome of the 2010 General Election which resulted in a hung Parliament. Finally it considers the Liberal Democrat- Conservative Coalition government which is still seeking to implement its ambitious programme despite shortcomings.Item THE BRITISH PRESS COVERAGE OF THE NORTHERN IRELAND ISSUE AND THE WAR OF IRAQ (2003)(University of Algiers 2. Faculty of Letters and Languages, 2012) Douifi, Mohamed; Mansouri, Brahim (Directeur de thèse)There is no doubt that biased news stories resulting from the non objective portrayal of power relations, dominance and hegemony, regional and international conflicts and wars, social injustice and inequality, discrimination and racism, and so forth are daily embedded in the print media. More importantly, the press reaches large segments of population who are, to some extent, still unconscious of the implicit ideological maneuvers incorporated in the legitimization of certain polarized viewpoints. Since language is the medium whereby ideology is crafted, the critical study of language therefore becomes a cornerstone to any purposeful examination of the underlying processes and mechanisms of the ideological persuasion in the written discourse. Although the study of ideology is an old subject, the authentic challenge to this field has come from the findings of Critical Discourse Analysis which paved the way for a more critical based approach. This research work examines the ideological perspectives of the British quality newspapers with regard to the Northern Ireland issue and the War of Iraq (2003) using Critical Discourse Analysis as a methodological tool. In the frame of this research work, views and contributions of some leading scholars like Teun A.Van Dijk and Roger Fowler, which are central tenets in modern CDA, specifically in the study of news discourse, form the backbone of the adopted methodological approach.Item NEW LABOUR DISCOURSE(University of Algiers 2. Faculty of Letters and Languages, 2011) Kateb, Sabrina; Mansouri, Brahim (Directeur de thèse)The rapid pace of change has transformed the contemporary world into the Communication Age where the relation between language, culture and society is manifested in the ideological workings of language. The fundamental shift in the social functioning of language has affected the discursive moulding of politics. In a transdisciplinary study, New Labour discourse is examined in this dissertation from different standpoints to decode the internal messages that are transmitted through communication. In order to unfold the multi-layered meaning in New Labour discourse, a number of texts are discussed through Critical Discourse Analysis. This approach is an important analytical tool for the diversity of its focus. Social, political and linguistic theories are brought into dialogue and the result has shown the multi- faceted character of New Labour. The analysis of the New Clause IV, the 1997 manifesto, the Third Way politics, and some of Blair's speeches has revealed the novelty and consistency of New Labour project. The media's decisive role in propagating that image has evoked a positive reaction amongst the public. But when this public discovered New Labour intense preference for media spin to achieve political aims, discontent over the persuasive rhetorical style damaged the party's reputation. Blair's rise to and fall from power has affected tremendously the fortune of New Labour. What is significant in this dissertation is the context-text-relationship which identifies the specificity of the British political culture. However, the context of interpretation (Algerian) is different from the context of production (British), and this difference is another reason that has driven the study towards a theory of representation which provides additional analytical tools for understanding the language (English) of New Labour discourse.Item BRITISH CINEMA, POLITICS, AND AUDIENCE FROM THE THIRTIES TO THE FIFTIES(UNIVERSITY OF ALGIERS 2. Faculty of Foreign Languages, 2016) Saci, Nassima; Mansouri, Brahim (Directeur de thèse)With the growing influencing power of media in general, and cinema in particular, in everyday life, this thesis examines the way the audience could be ideologically manipulated by films. This research is significant because not enough attention has been paid to the way British cinema disseminated rightwinged ideology for political purposes during a relatively longer period of time, especially those which are marked by pivotal historical events. Through a textual and contextual study, that is to say, an analysis based on both content and concomitant circumstances, this work has tackled the issue via a synchronic and diachronic level by examining six films purposefully sampled. This study is based on the Historicist and Cultural Studies’ approaches, the theoretical framework that has been applied here is composed of two critical theories that both belong to the Marxian tradition: Gramsci’s Cultural Hegemony and Herman and Chomsky’s Propaganda Model. The period covers to a thirty year stretch of time comprising the thirties, the forties, and the fifties. Results were consistent with the aforementioned hypothesis. Findings show that those films confirmed that the seemingly ideological shift through time was only superficial and sustained a strong right-wing tendency in the background, leading us to think that the ideological manipulation of the audience was consistently top-down, that is, from the Ruling Class to the Working Class with the aim of sustaining the status quo. In this sense, the theoretical assumptions are, in turn, confirmed as well.Item THE ANGLO-AMERICAN SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP IN THE AFTERMATH OF 9/11(جامعة الجزائر 02 أبو القاسم سعد الله University of Algiers 2 Abou El Kacem Saadallah, 2015) KIRAT, Lilia; Mansouri, Brahim (Directeur de thèse)The present dissertation explores the Anglo-American Special Relationship, and how it developed after the attacks of 11 September 2001 on America during Blair's premiership and Britain's subsequent involvement in the War on Iraq along with its ally. This research work looks at the importance of the 9/11 attacks in strengthening the 'special relationship' after it was threatened to disappear following the end of the Cold War because of the lack of a common enemy between the two countries. The paper shows how the attacks not only provided Britain and the US with a common enemy against whom they would fight together, but also how these attacks have been used as justification to wage war against Iraq. The dissertation investigates the extent to which Blair was ready to go in order to accompany America in Iraq.