Approach to the Conception of Governability in the Presidential Speeches of José María Figueres Olsen

Approach to the Conception of Governability in the Presidential Speeches of José María Figueres Olsen

Authors

  • Luis Diego Soto Kiewit Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22458/rr.v7i1.1609

Keywords:

Political Speech, Governability, State, Critical Discourse Analysis, neoliberal restructuring

Abstract

This paper analyses the speeches given by former president of Costa Rica José María Figueres Olsen on May 1st in front of the Legislative Assembly, in order to know the concept of governability proposed in these. The article focuses on the relationship between the discourse of governability and the policy oriented to the transformation of state and public institutions in Costa Rica, while exposing the sense and the way in which the president understands the phenomenon in the national reality.

Author Biography

Luis Diego Soto Kiewit, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica

Sociólogo costarricense; docente e investigador de la Escuela de sociología de la Universidad Nacional en Costa Rica. Además, labora
como investigador en el Instituto de Estudios Sociales en Población
(IDESPO) de dicha universidad. Entre sus temas de interés se encuentran: imaginarios políticos, interdisciplinariedad, tecnología e innovación 

Published

2016-12-06

How to Cite

Soto Kiewit, Luis Diego. 2016. “Approach to the Conception of Governability in the Presidential Speeches of José María Figueres Olsen”. Revista Rupturas 7 (1):1-27. https://doi.org/10.22458/rr.v7i1.1609.

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