Contemporary democratic politics involves, not just constitutions, elections, and representative bodies, but complex processes of more direct consultation with the public...
Keywords: focus groups, public consultation, conversation analysis, questions, formulations
01/2007 | Text - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Discourse, Walter de GruyterMeetings are a place where shared understanding is paramount and must be done in an economical manner in line with the goals of most institutional interactions...
Keywords: conversation analysis, meetings talk, formulations, candidate pre-closings, topic transition, decision-making
05/2007 | Text - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Discourse, Walter de Gruyter