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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Theorising legitimacy in civil society and the media -- Civil society in the news : case studies -- The good society : virtues, interests and justice -- Uncivil action : legal and moral legitimacy -- Representation and its alternatives : political legitimacy -- Civility in the public realm : social and personal legitimacy -- Conclusion -- Index. |
| Summary |
This timely book examines the representation of civil society in news media, exploring the popular understanding of this contested space in relation to conflicting legitimating frames: as the neo-liberal Big Society, activist political participation, or postmodern apolitical tolerance. With close reference to prominent news stories, including the UK state visit of Pope Benedict XVI, anti-austerity protests and industrial action, police infiltration of the environmental movement, and the Occupy camp at St Paul's Cathedral in London, News and Civil Society scrutinises different facets of contemp. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Civil society -- Great Britain.
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Civil society. |
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Great Britain. |
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Mass media -- Great Britain.
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Mass media. |
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Law enforcement -- Great Britain.
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Law enforcement. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Birks, Jen. News and civil society 9781409436157 (DLC) 2013011975 (OCoLC)835951522 |
| ISBN |
9781409436164 (electronic book) |
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1409436160 (electronic book) |
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147240100X |
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9781472401007 |
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9781306406536 |
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1306406536 |
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9781409436157 |
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1409436152 |
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9781472401007 (epub) |
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