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Author Fairclough, Isabela, author.

Title Political discourse analysis : a method for advanced students / Isabela Fairclough and Norman Fairclough
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (x, 266 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction -- Political discourse analysis and the nature of politics -- Practical reasoning: a framework for analysis and evaluation -- Critical discourse analysis and analysis of argumentation -- The economic crisis in the UK: strategies and arguments -- Value premises in the public debate over bankers' bonuses -- Deliberation as genre in the parliamentary debate on university tuition fees -- Conclusion
Summary In this accessible new textbook, Isabela and Norman Fairclough present their innovative approach to analysing political discourse. Political Discourse Analysis integrates analysis of arguments into critical discourse analysis and political discourse analysis. The book is grounded in a view of politics in which deliberation, decision and action are crucial concepts: politics is about arriving cooperatively at decisions about what to do in the context of disagreement, conflict of interests and values, power inequalities, uncertainty and risk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Discourse analysis -- Political aspects
Communication in politics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Vocabulary.
REFERENCE -- Word Lists.
Communication in politics
Discourse analysis -- Political aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Fairclough, Norman, 1941- author.
ISBN 9781136490279
1136490272