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Tabloid Sensationalism Or Revolutionary Feminism? The First-Wave Feminist Movement In An Irish Women’S Periodical, Sonja Tiernan
Tabloid Sensationalism Or Revolutionary Feminism? The First-Wave Feminist Movement In An Irish Women’S Periodical, Sonja Tiernan
Irish Communication Review
By 1928 women had achieved many of the objectives of the first-wave of the feminist movement. They had secured political franchise in general elections, girls benefitted from improved access to education and working women were gradually experiencing better conditions in the workplace. However, Europe remained under the rule of a patriarchy and newspapers were controlled by men within that system.
The Irish Press Coverage Of The Troubles In The North From 1968 To 1995, Ray Burke
The Irish Press Coverage Of The Troubles In The North From 1968 To 1995, Ray Burke
Irish Communication Review
The ‘Irish Press’ was the second-highest-selling daily newspaper on the island of Ireland at the beginning of the era that became known as the Troubles. With an average daily sale of nearly 103,000 copies during the second half of 1968, it had almost double the circulation of the Irish Times and the Belfast News Letter and it was outsold only by the perennially best-selling Irish Independent.
Fianna Fail And The Origins Of The Irish Press, Catherine Curran
Fianna Fail And The Origins Of The Irish Press, Catherine Curran
Irish Communication Review
In order to win political support for its programme of economic self-sufficiency in the 1930s, Fianna Fail appealed to a number of constituencies: Irish manufacturers, the smaller farmers, and the urban working class. The success of this appeal depended on a number of factors, one of the principal being that an effective means of communication should be established. The Irish Press was founded in response to an immediate and pressing need for a mass circulation daily to assist in Fianna Fail's struggle for hegemony against the ideas of the ruling party, Cumann na nGaedheal. Manning (l972:42) remarks that the significance …
Lobbying In The Sunshine - Hiding Behind Transparency?, Albert Veksler
Lobbying In The Sunshine - Hiding Behind Transparency?, Albert Veksler
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Lobbying in Israel was unregulated for 60 years. Scholars have decried the fact that high value is attached to the written decree, but implementation does not necessarily follow: quite a few laws have remained at symbolic level in Israel. There were two unsuccessful bills submitted to legislate lobbying regulation: first by Knesset Member (MK) Merom in 1993 and the second one by MK Naot in 2001. The bill submitted by MKs Yechimovich and Sa'ar in 2007 resulted in passing the Israeli lobbying regulations in 2008, but the Lobbyist Law displayed unexpected characteristics, and there was a 500% growth in lobbyist …