Discursive dominance

Discursive dominance or discursive power is the ultimate emergence of one discourse as dominant among competing ones in their struggle for dominance. Ultimately, one of the discourses emerges as dominant. The word ‘discursive’ is related to the word discourse, which refers to "communication of ideas".

In a society there are competing discourses (or narratives) regarding anything and everything such as feminism, racism, casteism, communalism, regionalism, economic development, democracy, governance, etc.

Further reading

• Dryzek, John S. (2000). Deliberative Democracy and Beyond. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198295075.
• Fisher, Frank (2003). Reframing Public Policy: Discursive Politics and Deliberative Practices. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 182–86. ISBN 978-0199242634.
• "Discursive Statecraft". Council on Geostrategy. Retrieved 2023-06-02.

See also

• Cultural hegemony
• Soft power