It aint what you say and: British political studies and the analysis of speech and rhetoric

British Politics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 445-465

  Finlayson, Alan ^a   Martin, James ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blairism; British politics; Interpretive methodologies; Political speech; Rhetoric; Tony Blair

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650581893     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/bp.2008.21     Document Type: Article

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