1. Studying social policy change -- 2. The place of critical discourse analysis in policy studies -- 3. Contextualizing the case study -- 4. Framing the 'problem' in mediatized policy discourse -- 5. Acts of resistance : interpreting the moral subjects of policy discourse -- 6. Possibilities and limitations of discourse analysis for policy studies
Summary
"Taking a critical examination of social policy on public housing by way of illustration, this book demonstrates how critical discourse theory can be used in applied research. It shows how the theory and method of critical discourse analysis can be worked together in an intricate and accessible way."--BOOK JACKET
