Work and Family Identities in Regulatory Rulemaking: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Family and Medical Leave Act Regulatory Rulemaking Process

abstract: This dissertation explores the discursive construction of work and family identities in the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) regulatory rulemaking process. It uses dramatism and public sphere theory along with the critical legal rhetoric perspective to analyze official FMLA legal texts...

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Other Authors: Davis, Kirsten (Author)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Law
law
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14648