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News and civil society : the contested space of civil society in UK media /

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 re...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Birks, Jen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington : Ashgate Pub., 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.