Citizen (in) action: The limits of civic discourse in city council meetings

Critical Discourse Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-98

  Farkas, Kerrie R H ^a  

^a MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

citizen participation; city council meeting; civic discourse; conversation analysis; critical discourse analysis; grounded theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873183119     PISSN: 17405904     EISSN: 17405912     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405904.2012.736702     Document Type: Article

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