Political Discourse Analysis: A Method for Advanced Students

In this accessible new textbook, Isabela and Norman Fairclough present their innovative approach to analysing political discourse.
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\nPolitical 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.
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\nThe first half of the book introduces the authors’ new approach to the analysis and evaluation of practical arguments, while the second half…