| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Goldsmiths Press PERC series |
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Goldsmiths Press PERC series
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| Contents |
Section one. Public news media -- Does public media enhance citizen knowledge? : sifting through the evidence / Toril Aalberg -- The impact of austerity on the Greek news media and public sphere / Aris Nikolaidis -- Impoverishing the mediated public sphere in Aotearoa New Zealand / Wayne Hope -- Public-commercial hybridity at BBC world online / Kate Wright -- The new American media landscape / Rod Benson -- Section two. Public knowledge in Britain -- The autonomous school, the strong state, the problems of education / Ken Jones -- The treasury view of higher education: variable human capital investment / Andrew McGettigan -- The coalition government's cuts to legal aid : who is counting the cost? / Roger Smith -- Public libraries in the age of austerity : the gloves are off / Ian Anstice -- Section three. The corruption of news and information in markets -- The edge : investment banks and information flows in public markets / Philip Augar -- The libor scandal : mediation and information issues / Peter Thompson -- The press, market ideologies and the Irish housing crash / Henry Silke -- Section four. The encroachment of private knowledge on public policy-making -- The corporate takeover of economic discourse in Korea / Bong-hyun Lee -- The tropes of unlearning : UK responses to outsourcing fiascos / Mick Moran and Karel Williams -- Meet the new American influence elites / Janine Wedel -- Public knowledge and health policy / Colin Leys -- Conclusion: manifesto for public knowledge / Des Freedman and Justin Schlosberg |
| Summary |
A collection of short, sharp essays exploring the value of shared and accessible public knowledge in the face of its erosion |
| Analysis |
neoliberalism |
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political economy |
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public affairs |
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UK |
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United Kingdom |
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Brexit |
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informed public |
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media |
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school reform |
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economics |
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finance |
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public policy |
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private sector |
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policymaking |
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collection |
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essays |
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information policy |
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mass media |
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sociology of knowledge |
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Great Britain |
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Education and state -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain
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Mass media -- Economic aspects
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Information policy -- Economic aspects
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Mass media policy.
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Knowledge, Sociology of.
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sociology of knowledge.
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Education and state -- Economic aspects
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Knowledge, Sociology of
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Mass media -- Economic aspects
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Mass media policy
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Davis, Aeron, editor
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| ISBN |
9781906897437 |
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1906897433 |
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9781906897420 |
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1906897425 |
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