Pragmatics and politics the case of industrial assurance in the UK

Journal of Cultural Economy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-223

  Mcfall, Liz ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agencement; Industrial life assurance; Legislation; Markets; Performativity; Politics; Pragmatics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960601218     PISSN: 17530350     EISSN: 17530369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17530350.2010.494124     Document Type: Article

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