Contemporary discursive psychology: Issues, prospects, and Corcoran's awkward ontology

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 657-678

  Potter, Jonathan ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; POLITICS; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TELEPHONE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HOTLINES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NARRATION; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL;

EID: 78650151818     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466610X486158     Document Type: Article

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