The discourse of resistance: Social change and policing in Northern Ireland

Language in Society

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 393-425

  Wilson, John ^a   Stapleton, Karyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse; Habitus; Nationalists; Northern Ireland; Policing; Pragmatic blocking; Resistance; Social theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249076949     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: 14698013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047404507070194     Document Type: Article

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