1st Edition

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

By Frank Burton, Pat Carlen Copyright 1979
162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

Acknowledgements;  Prologue  1. Official publications: their historical and constitutional significance  2. Discourse analysis  3. Official Discourse and state apparatuses  4. The judicial stare  5. The judicial discourse  6. Official discourse  7. The reading and writing of Official Discourse  8. Official Discourse: report of an unofficial inquiry;  Bibliography;  Index

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Frank Burton, Pat Carlen