Moral discrepancy and political discourse: Accountability and the allocation of blame in a political news interview

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 18-26

  Housley, William ^a   Fitzgerald, Richard ^a  

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Author keywords

Accountability; Categorisation; Interaction; Moral Discrepancy; Political News Interview

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444383393     PISSN: 13607804     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.795     Document Type: Article

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