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Language and the market society : critical reflections on discourse and dominance /

Language plays a central role in creating and sustaining the market society - a society in which market exchange is no longer simply a process, but an all-encompassing social principle. The book examines the phenomena from a linguistic and critical perspective, drawing on critical discourse analysis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mautner, Gerlinde, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2010.
Colección:Routledge critical studies in discourse ; 2.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of figures and tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Digging up the world: introduction
  • Part I: Conceptual groundwork: 2. Invited invaders? the market society and discourse
  • 3. In praise of doubt: the theoretical framework
  • Part II: Applications: 4. Delivering government: marketisation in public sector administration
  • 5. Learn how to make money: marketisation in higher education
  • 6. Shop 'n' pray: marketisation in religion
  • 7. How YOu? are like shampoo: marketisation in the personal sphere
  • Part III: Perspectives: 8. Picking holes: critiquing the critical approach
  • 9. From lament to agenda: critical resistance to marketisation
  • 10. Saving the frog from boiling: concluding remarks
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.