In my PhD project, I examine the rhetorical forms and functions of flip-flop accusations in Danish parliamentary politics from 1998 to the present. The aims are both to investigate the development of such accusations in recent Danish politics and to shed light on how these accusations can be understood as a genre that performs specific social actions.
The empirical material for the project consists of flip-flop accusations directed at governments in Danish politics by citizens, politicians, and the media. These accusations are analyzed using theories of promises, flip-flopping, and accusations, and I therefore work across the fields of rhetoric and political science.
