The discursive construction of presidentiability in televised presidential debates: analysis of the Spanish political field during the campaign for the 2008 general election

This dissertation analyzes how presidentiability is discursively constructed in relation to the functioning of the Spanish contemporary political field. In particular it will analyze presidential debates as a privileged stage from which to observe the constitution, workings and representation of the political field, since they epitomize the fight between agents in changing the relations of force existing within it.