Contents // List of illustrations vii // Acknowledgements ix // Introduction 1 // 1 Political discourse analysis and the nature of politics 17 // 2 Practical reasoning: a framework for analysis and evaluation 35 // 3 Critical discourse analysis and analysis of argumentation 78 // 4 The economic crisis in the UK: strategies and arguments 117 // 5 Values as premises in the public debate over bankers’ bonuses 176 // 6 Deliberation as genre in the parliamentary debate on university // tuition fees 200 // Conclusion 235 // Notes 246 // Bibliography 252 // Index 263