Interpreting the Political

Uses linguistic and semiotic analytical techniques to interrogate the use of language in the construction of political discourses. An impressively broad range of methodologies is used, each to explore a substantive political issue.

Terrell Carver is a Professor of Political Theory, University of Bristol., Matti Hyvarinen is Research Fellow at the University of Tampere, Finland. Moving between political science and sociology, he has researched and published on social movements, including two books on the Finnish student movement, using autobiographical methodology and theories of rhetoric. He is currently working on the conceptual history of Finnish political culture.