Richard Fitzgerald
List of John Benjamins publications in which Richard Fitzgerald is involved.
2022 Populating ‘solidarity’ in political debate: Interrelational strategies of persuasion within the European Parliament in the aftermath of the Brexit Journal of Language and Politics 21:5, pp. 763–784 | Article
The article examines the various ways in which ‘solidarity’ is invoked and signified through narrative and categorial devices in a political debate following the UK’s vote to leave the EU in 2016. Analysing a floor debate in the European Parliament concerning a white paper released by the… read more
2017 ‘I’m a Scouser’: Membership categories and political geography in the 2015 UK Election Call Phone-in The micro-politics of sequential organization: Contributions from conversation analysis and ethnomethodology, Mondada, Lorenza and Sara Keel (eds.), pp. 40–58 | Article
Despite the emergence of newer forms of web-based political engagement, radio phone-ins continue to have a significant role in the enactment of the democratic process, providing a live forum for direct encounters between members of the public and politicians, beyond the professional forms of… read more
2013 “Grab a pen and paper”: Interaction v. interactivity in a political radio phone-in Journal of Language and Politics 12:1, pp. 1–28 | Article
In this paper we analyse the discursive frameworks for interaction in a UK political radio phone-in between 2001 and 2010, and the implications of those frameworks for public engagement with politicians. The BBC Radio 4 phone-in program Election Call, broadcast in the run-up to a general election,… read more
2007 Resisting categorisation: An ordinary mother Language as Action, Nevile, Maurice and Johanna Rendle-Short (eds.), pp. 36.1–36.13 | Article
In this paper we use membership category analysis to examine the way an interviewee utilises category work in order to resist the possible accusation of being a bad mother and instead posit her mothering as ordinary. Through our analysis we explore the interactional work of ascribing and resisting… read more