02642nam 2200577 450 991080916070332120230803195002.01-315-59823-X1-317-08764-X1-317-08763-11-4094-3616-0(CKB)2670000000493880(EBL)1570480(SSID)ssj0001060091(PQKBManifestationID)12489621(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001060091(PQKBWorkID)11086450(PQKB)11455089(MiAaPQ)EBC1570480(EXLCZ)99267000000049388020131211d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNews and civil society the contested space of civil society in UK media /Jen BirksBurlington, Vermont :Ashgate,2014.©20141 online resource (256 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4094-3615-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThis 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 contempCivil societyGreat BritainMass mediaGreat BritainLaw enforcementGreat BritainCivil societyMass mediaLaw enforcement300.941302.230941Birks Jen854947MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809160703321News and civil society3952219UNINA