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In this chapter we discuss a special form of discursive structure, narrative, and its effects. Metaphors and open concepts are analysed as concepts that have effects amplified in narratives. These effects can vary from closing the narrative to opening it, from linking by suggesting similarity to disconnecting by suggesting dissimilarity. Ideologies are then presented as embedding narratives.
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Van Assche, K., Beunen, R., Duineveld, M. (2014). The Power of Stories. In: Evolutionary Governance Theory. SpringerBriefs in Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00984-1_6
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