Official Discourse (Routledge Revivals): On Discourse Analysis, Government Publications, Ideology and the State - Softcover

Burton, Frank; Carlen, Pat

 
9780415814300: Official Discourse (Routledge Revivals): On Discourse Analysis, Government Publications, Ideology and the State
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ISBN 10: 0415814308 ISBN 13: 9780415814300
Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

First published in 1979, Official Discourse is an unofficial report of theoretical investigations into a specific state of practice- the publication of reports of official inquiries into law, order and justice issues. The commissions, tribunals and committees of inquiry scrutinized in this book examine problems arising from wrongful imprisonment, police corruption, industrial picketing, and communal rioting and internment in Northern Ireland.

Focusing on the reasons why government reports take the form they do, the authors venture into the areas of linguistics, psychoanalysis and Marxism. The book is an exercise in discourse analysis, an exercise in theoretical work that looks at the relationships between theory and literary production, and a critique of official conceptions of law, order and justice.

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Frank Burton, Pat Carlen

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415814308
ISBN 13 
9780415814300
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
162

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