Rhetorical Analysis of Academic Journal

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So I actually was not able to track down a physical copy of the journals I mentioned in my previous post, especailly since many of the journals in the library stopped being published as a hard copy and all reverted to electronic copies. I am guessing to save paper and space in the library. So instead I opted for a copy of a journal I was able to locate and dust off from the ancient stacks of books.






This journal was most likely compiled and written by professors. The journal itself comes from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, compiled by two professors from that school. Many of the authors included in the journal are also professors who have also conducted research on the topic (government public policy), and sent in there research to this academic journal.




The paper specifically notes that it compiles papers from comparative research and cross-disciplinary research in order to remain interesting for the reader. However, like most academic journals, the main audience of this journal will most likely be other professional and researchers in the field of study. Although the authors probably want their work to actually be seen by policy-makers, it most likely won't. This was probably used as a course material for a class at some point as well.




Context:
This journal was published when the US still had a very strong presence in Iraq and there was political unrest in Spain, Haiti, Iran, Libya and North Korea. There is also a spatial context note in the journal, noting that there were specific cases in the Netherlands and other parts of Europe being analyzed on their recent development of infrastructures like healthcare as a contributor to economic growth.


Message:
The overall message of the piece is more of a suggestion to two types of government addressed in the journal; representative and participatory democracy and how they work together better on spatial investment in infrastructure development.




Purpose:
Suggest better methods that democratic government can deal with spatial economic growth in order to reduce tensions.