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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809160703321

Autore

Birks Jen

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-315-59823-X

1-317-08764-X

1-317-08763-1

1-4094-3616-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

300.941

302.230941

Soggetti

Civil society - Great Britain

Mass media - Great Britain

Law enforcement - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Theorising Legitimacy in Civil Society and the Media; 3 Civil Society in the News: Case Studies; 4 The Good Society: Virtues, Interests, and Justice; 5 Uncivil Action: Legal and Moral Legitimacy; 6 Representation and its Alternatives: Political Legitimacy; 7 Civility in the Public Realm: Social and Personal Legitimacy; 8 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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