Is there a single ‘right’ way to study political text?
Schonhardt-Bailey, C.
(2012).
Is there a single ‘right’ way to study political text?
MethodsNews,
Summer, p. 2.
(2012).
Is there a single ‘right’ way to study political text?
MethodsNews,
Summer, p. 2.
For anyone interested in the empirical analysis of political texts (speeches, committee deliberations, debates, political party manifestos), the simple answer to this question is a resounding “no”. But novices to the growing field of textual analysis might wonder “why not?”