From beliefs to arguments: Interpretive methodology and rhetorical political analysis

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 545-563

  Finlayson, Alan ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interpretivism; Metaphor; Methodology; Politicalanalysis; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY;

EID: 35348973028     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2007.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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