This exciting and innovative book fills a gap in the growing area of discourse analysis within the social sciences. It provides the analytical tools with which students and their teachers can understand the complex and often conflicting discourses across a range of social science disciplines.Examining the theories of Foucault, Koselleck, Laclau and Luhmann, the book: . vbTab]focuses on the political and social aspects of their writing;. vbTab]discusses and combines their theories to suggest new analytical strategies for understanding society;. vbTab]combines theory with practical...