Discourse Analysis
Episode Description
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Bettina Lange (Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies) about discourse analysis in socio-legal research. She explains different approaches within the field, why it is a helpful tool for socio-legal research, and gives advice on helpful resources.
Readings recommended by Dr Bettina Lange
Foucault, Michel, Archaeology of Knowledge (2013), London, Taylor and Francis.
Wetherell, Margaret, Taylor, Stephanie, and Simeon J. Yates (2002) Discourse Theory
and Practice: A Reader, London, Sage Publications.
Lange, Bettina (2005) ‘Researching Discourse and Behaviour as Aspects of Law
in Action’, in: R. Banakar and M. Travers (eds.), ‘Theory and Method in
Socio-Legal Research’, Oxford, Hart Publishing, pp. 175-194
About the Speaker
Dr. Bettina Lange
Associate Professor in Law and Regulation, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford
Bettina Lange’s main research interests are in nature and society interactions in environmental law ‘in action’. This involves analysis of options for and limits to state law as a mode of regulation.