Politics of meaning : the impact of the Tasmanian Greens on environmental debate

摘要: This thesis is about the 'politics of meaning' in context of environmental debate Tasmania. The central argument that movement-generated political parties play a vital role this politics, particularly generating new interpretations and frames of meaning. Party actors operate from privileged position within 'public arenas' their participation within public differs significantly that movement activists. formation entails the politicisation pragmatisation debate, enhances use official media strategies, results diffusion issues encourages compliance with established boundaries. These processes are viewed as critical for organisation meaning into more systematised institutionalised knowledge. The analytical framework studying politics developed throughout chapters two three. It derived three bodies of literature: on social parties; public arenas; mass media. A distinction between movement organisations forms basis an that these different roles contests over meaning. Literature on public arenas analysis how meanings are circulated and knowledge contested domains. media provides source concepts used framing agenda formation. Chapter four outlines research strategy, chapter five a case study environmental coverage the Tasmanian Greens organisations is examined key periods: before (1984) after (1994) the formation Tasmanian Greens. Content Mercury is supplemented by internal media - Tasmanian Greens' journal Daily Planet Wilderness Society's journal Wilderness well election campaign materials policy documents issued party. level mode attracting media attention, range scope issue agenda, activities social movement activists party officials examined debate.