The language of neofeudal corporatism and the war on Iraq

Journal of Language and Politics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-39

  Graham, Phil ^a   Luke, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Coalition of the willing; Corporatism; Discourse analysis; Feudalism; Political economy; War on terror

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248041763     PISSN: 15692159     EISSN: 15699862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jlp.4.1.02gra     Document Type: Article

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