Rhetorically self-sufficient arguments in Western Australian parliamentary debates on Lesbian and Gay Law Reform

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 839-858

  Summers, Mark ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; LESBIAN; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 38149099296     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466607X202444     Document Type: Article

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