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

• Autore: Birks Jen
• Pubblicazione: Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 300.941; 302.230941
• Soggetto topico: Civil society - Great Britain; Mass media - Great Britain; Law enforcement - Great Britain
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: News and civil society
• ISBN: 1-315-59823-X; 1-317-08764-X; 1-317-08763-1; 1-4094-3616-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809160703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II