Bridging qualitative and quantitative methods for classifying policy actors into policy discourse communities: thematic analysis and formal concept analysis approaches

International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 199-216

  Süerdem, Ahmet K ^a  

^a ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

discourse analysis; formal concept analysis; policy networks; thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858422035     PISSN: 17558050     EISSN: 17558069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJDATS.2010.034056     Document Type: Article

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