Political Discourse Analysis

Isabela Fairclough is Senior Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. Previously, she was Associate Professor at the University of Bucharest, Romania, and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Lancaster. Her publications include Discourse Analysis and Argumentation Theory: Analytical Framework and Applications (2006).Norman Fairclough is Emeritus Professor at Lancaster University, UK. He is author of numerous titles, including New Labour, New Language? (2000), Analysing Discourse: Textual Analysis for Social Research (2003), and Language and Globalization (2006), all published by Routledge.

• Introduction 1. Political Discourse Analysis and the Nature of Politics 2. Practical Reasoning: A Framework for Analysis and Evaluation 3. Critical Discourse Analysis and Analysis of Argumentation 4.The Economic Crisis in the UK: Strategies and Arguments 5. Value Premises in the Public Debate Over Bankers’ Bonuses 6. Deliberation as Genre in the Parliamentary Debate on University Tuition Fees. Conclusion

"F.F. (Fairclough and Fairclough) have provided us with a valuable, theoretically elaborate, empirically well-founded and practically useful approach to the study of political discourse." - Manfred Kienpointner, Journal of Language and Politics'This is exactly the book we were waiting for: a clear and thorough method for analysing political discourse, written from a critical perspective and paying due attention to practical arguments. Isabela and Norman Fairclough have done a great job.'Frans H. van Eemeren, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands'An innovative and important extension of the reach of research into political language and discourse. Sure to become an essential reference point, this book will make possible new collaborations (not to mention arguments) involving scholars of linguistics, political theorists of deliberation, discourse or ideology, and political scientists.'Alan Finlayson, Swansea University, UK