Human rights discourse and international relations: Le Monde's editorials on Russia

Discourse and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 373-408

  Le, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chechnya; Critical Discourse Analysis; Editorial; France; Globallzation; Human rights; Intercultural relations; International relations; Media; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036250862     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926502013003055     Document Type: Review

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