The Public Sphere as a Meaningful Arena for Volunteering Dynamics: The Case of a Rural Space in Northern Israel
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DOI: 10.1002/crq.21475
Abstract: This article examines the context of the rural public sphere as reflected in residents' consciousness of their volunteering potential. To this end, a qualitative study was conducted in two rural settlements belonging to the same… read more here.
Keywords: northern israel; space; sphere meaningful; public sphere ... See more keywords
The debates about the public sphere from social systems theory
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DOI: 10.1002/sres.3035
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present the initial debate that generated the main contributions to the discussion of the public sphere from the perspective of systems theory. Although Luhmann consolidates himself as the… read more here.
Keywords: debates public; public sphere; sphere social; systems theory ... See more keywords
Gambling with the public sphere: Accounting's contribution to debate on social issues.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2017.05.002
Abstract: This paper explores the contribution of accounts, especially counter-accounts, to the debate on social issues in the public sphere. We examine a social activist organisation’s challenge to a major corporation to acknowledge the issue of… read more here.
Keywords: social issues; public sphere; accounting; counter accounts ... See more keywords
Moral discourse and argumentation in the public sphere: Museums and their visitors
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DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2017.01.005
Abstract: Abstract Recent studies of moral discourse and argumentation highlight the pervasiveness of morality in everyday life, and how the public sphere is shaped by moral ‘stuff’: speech acts, narratives, accounts and the like. By taking… read more here.
Keywords: museums visitors; moral discourse; public sphere; discourse argumentation ... See more keywords
“The Distant Early Warning System”: The Online Public Sphere and the Contemporary Artistic Movement in Saudi Arabia
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DOI: 10.1017/rms.2019.43
Abstract: Abstract “Social media,” Saudi artist Abdullah al-Shehri (known as Shaweesh) observes, is the “best tool we have available to showcase and express our art,” because it allows millions of Saudis to share and comment on… read more here.
Keywords: movement; distant early; public sphere; early warning ... See more keywords
“Produce and Consume” in the Islamic Republic: The 1990s Myth of the Winner in the Iranian Public Sphere and Its Impact on Workers
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DOI: 10.1017/s0020743820000318
Abstract: “Produce to Solve Iran’s Problems.” “Boost Production to Exit This Labyrinth of Difficulties.” “A New Road [different] from the Past” has to be taken. “Big Successes of Our Economy.” Iran’s “New Goals Are: Development, Growth,… read more here.
Keywords: produce consume; iranian public; myth winner; public sphere ... See more keywords
The competition and evolution of ideas in the public sphere: a new foundation for institutional theory
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DOI: 10.1017/s1744137418000061
Abstract: Abstract This paper advances and defends the proposition that the basis for the evolution of institutions is the evolution and competition of ideas in the public sphere. This is based on a deeper proposition that… read more here.
Keywords: evolution; theory; public sphere; competition ... See more keywords
Secular–Religious Competition and the Exclusion of Islam from the Public Sphere: Islamic Welfare in Western Europe
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DOI: 10.1017/s1755048318000706
Abstract: Abstract This paper deals in a qualitative discourse analysis with the role of Islamic organizations in welfare delivery in Germany and the Netherlands. Referring to Jonathan Fox's “secular–religious competition perspective”, the paper argues that similar… read more here.
Keywords: exclusion; religious competition; islamic welfare; secular religious ... See more keywords
Discourses on foxhunting in the public sphere: a Q methodological study
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DOI: 10.1057/s41293-018-0089-5
Abstract: The foxhunting debate conjures up dichotomies on party politics, the rural/urban divide, class, animal welfare, animal rights and the right to hunt them. In the lead-up to the 2004 hunting ban, animals themselves became peripheral… read more here.
Keywords: sphere methodological; methodological study; public sphere; foxhunting public ... See more keywords
The convergence of public sphere and state advocacy
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DOI: 10.1075/jaic.22015.li
Abstract: In 2021, China’s entertainment industry experienced a series of unusual argumentative controversies followed by the creation of the Qing Lang movement initiated by the Chinese government that called for tackling irregularities in the industry. With… read more here.
Keywords: qing lang; public sphere; lang movement; convergence public ... See more keywords
New Media, Contentious Politics, and Political Public Sphere in Iran
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DOI: 10.1080/02560046.2021.1887311
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article examines the challenges new communication technologies – the internet, smart phones, and satellite television—pose to the functioning of Iran’s authoritarian and ideological political system. With a focus on nation-wide protests that swept… read more here.
Keywords: political public; new media; public sphere; media contentious ... See more keywords