Carlson, Chris John2024-04-042024-04-042010https://hdl.handle.net/10365/33767This study examined the text of a speech by Carl Bildt, Foreign Minister, Kingdom of Sweden, in Stockholm on December 19, 2006. Analyzed through the prism of Lloyd Bitzer's (1968) "rhetorical situation" theory, a discourse of re-identification appears as a means to re-establish Swedish relevance and influence in the continent. The elements of exigence, audience, and constraints were analyzed in relation to the text, and emergent discursive themes discussed. A discussion of the inherent limitations and implications was also offered.NDSU policy 190.6.2https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdfDiscourse analysis.Rhetoric.Economic policy.Master's Paper