The Power of Ideas and Discourse in Political Analysis: A Discursive Institutionalist Perspective

Please join us as we celebrate the release of The Power of Ideas and Discourse in Political Analysis: A Discursive Institutionalist Perspective by our colleague Vivien A. Schmidt, Professor Emeritus of International Relations at the Pardee School and Founding Director of BU's Center for the Study of Europe.

In this masterful book, [Prof. Schmidt] provides a sweeping appraisal of the many different ways in which scholars in political science and adjacent fields explain how ideas and discourse are used by policymakers and everyday citizens to understand the world, to influence others, and to mobilize for collective action. In so doing, she brings together, for the first time in one place, the many facets of her highly original approach to the power of ideas and discourse, developed over the past quarter-century under the name of discursive institutionalism. 

The book talk will be followed by a reception and the launch of the Vivien A. Schmidt Library here at 67 Bay State Road. This event is open to BU students, faculty, and staff.

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