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Examples of Analysing Debates as Politics

Claudia WiesnerKari PalonenTaru Haapala

subject

Prime ministerPoliticsmedia_common.quotation_subjectmedia_common.cataloged_instanceResearch questionsSociologySocial scienceEuropean unionLiteracymedia_commonVariety (cybernetics)Epistemology

description

This chapter presents eight concrete but different examples of research into the presence of politics or the political in texts and debates. They illustrate that politics can be examined in the various forms it takes and using a variety of approaches. First, politics is related to different actors, strategies, issues and media, all of which can be researched. Second, the researcher can develop different research questions and interests, and choose different material types. And third, the interpretative tools and strategies used will differ from study to study, and from researcher to researcher. The examples highlight how the interpretative analytical tools can be used with regard to different cases and forms of the political and different types of material, along with the scholar’s own political literacy.

https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57057-4_4