Undertaking Discourse Analysis for Social Research

Kevin C. Dunn is Professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Iver B. Neumann is the Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Research Professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.

This is quite simply the best introductory overview of how to actually ‘do’ discourse analysis I know of. Spanning the distance between analytical and critical methodology, poststructural theory, and concrete steps for gathering and evaluating relevant data, Dunn and Neumann have filled an important gap in the literature for students of discourse analysis at every level.”— Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, American University""In this concise, well-written, impressively researched text, Dunn and Neumann provide a badly needed resource for the social sciences: a discourse analysis methods book with instructions, examples, and substantive analysis. This text makes discourse analysis in the field accessible, and provides a guide not only to doing it but also to understanding it. An impressive accomplishment!”— Laura Sjoberg, University of Florida""An appropriate and useful source for both graduate and postgraduate courses on qualitative research methodology as well as for introduction to specialized courses on discourse analysis.”— Milena Komarova, Queen’s University Belfast""Whether it is undergraduate, postgraduate, or doctoral research, this book will be an invaluable guide to the conduct of discourse-theoretical analysis in the social sciences.”— Laura J. Shepherd, UNSW Australia