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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451060803321

Titolo

Interpreting the political : new methodologies / / edited by Terrell Carver and Matti Hyvarinen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997

ISBN

1-280-10890-8

0-203-28766-5

0-203-43534-6

1-134-78845-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CarverTerrell

HyvarinenMatti

Disciplina

324/.072

Soggetti

Political science - Methodology

Social sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-174) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Identity and narrative in prime-time politics: the Hill-Thomas hearings; Rhetoric and conversion in student politics: looking backward; Sex and discourse: the politics of the Hite Reports; Aspects of Irish political culture: a hermeneutical perspective; Mapping women, mapping the self: representations of women in participation studies; Dimensions of the political: travel and interpretation; Reading politically: national anthems as textual icons; Invention and community: hermeneutic politics in Europe

The simulation syndrome: from war games to game warsBibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Uses linguistic and semiotic analytical techniques to interrogate the use of language in the construction of political discourses. An impressively broad range of methodologies is used, each to explore a substantive political issue.