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A textual analysis of American government reports on aging / Bryan S. Green.
Van Pelt Library HQ1064.U5 G69 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Green, Bryan S. R.
- Series:
- Mellen studies in sociology ; v. 31.
- Mellen studies in sociology ; v. 31
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Older people--Government policy--United States.
- Older people.
- Older people--Government policy.
- United States.
- Discourse analysis.
- Physical Description:
- ii, 368 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, [2001]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Methodical Principles and Key Concepts of Textual Analysis 31
- Chapter 2 What is a Policy Report? 71
- Chapter 3 Policy Reports as Scripts of Government 103
- Chapter 4 Social Policy Reports and Cultural Coding Problems 137
- Chapter 5 Naming and Knowing: An Application of Legisign Analysis 173
- Chapter 6 Structures of Discourse: an Application of Proposition Analysis 211
- Chapter 7 Means of Producing Reality and Knowledge Effects in Social Reality Reports 233
- Chapter 8 Educative Writing and Social Policy Reports 291.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [347]-365) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0773474137
- OCLC:
- 45958086
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