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Political Talk: Thematic Analysis Of A Policy Argument

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  • Michael H. Agar

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Policy and the processes that go into i t s formulation and implementation are constituted by language. In this article, a linguistic and ethnographic approach to the study of “themes” is applied to the transcripts of some oral arguments by independent truckers at the Interstate Commerce Commission. The results show a portion of the underlying logic of the argument, a logic whose structure was minimally affected by the eventual policy decision.

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  • Michael H. Agar, 1983. "Political Talk: Thematic Analysis Of A Policy Argument," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 2(4), pages 601-614, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:2:y:1983:i:4:p:601-614
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1983.tb00791.x
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