Debates, Rhetoric and Political Action: Practices of Textual Interpretation and Analysis
Claudia Wiesner
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Description for Debates, Rhetoric and Political Action: Practices of Textual Interpretation and Analysis
Hardback. Series: Rhetoric, Politics and Society. Num Pages: 251 pages, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFGR; JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 183 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
This book explicates how debates and documents can be understood, interpreted and analysed as political action. It offers the reader both a theoretical introduction and practical guidance. The authors deploy the perspective that debates are to be understood as political activity, and documents can be regarded as frozen debates. The first chapter discusses what is to be understood as politics and political. The second chapter explains the concept of debate as an exchange of arguments in speaking pro and contra. The third chapter presents concrete approaches, research practices and experiences that help analysing debates and documents as politics. The fourth ... Read more
This book explicates how debates and documents can be understood, interpreted and analysed as political action. It offers the reader both a theoretical introduction and practical guidance. The authors deploy the perspective that debates are to be understood as political activity, and documents can be regarded as frozen debates. The first chapter discusses what is to be understood as politics and political. The second chapter explains the concept of debate as an exchange of arguments in speaking pro and contra. The third chapter presents concrete approaches, research practices and experiences that help analysing debates and documents as politics. The fourth ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Rhetoric, Politics and Society
Condition
New
Weight
479g
Number of Pages
251
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137570567
SKU
V9781137570567
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99-15
About Claudia Wiesner
Claudia Wiesner is Docent in Political Science and Senior Researcher at Jyvaskyla University, Finland, as well as Senior Guest Researcher at TU Darmstadt. Previously she was Acting Professor for Comparative Politics at Philipps-University, Marburg and Ruhr University, Bochum, and Marie Curie Research Fellow at Jyvaskyla University. Taru Haapala is Research Fellow in Political Science ... Read more
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