Economic experts: a discursive political economy of economics

Journal of Multicultural Discourses

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 279-305

  Maesse, Jens ^a  

^a Philippsring 29   (Germany)

Author keywords

cultural political economy; discourse studies; economic expert discourse; economic sociology; post structuralism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945496583     PISSN: 17447143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17447143.2015.1050029     Document Type: Article

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