Government communication : : cases and challenges / / edited by Karen Sanders and Maria Jose Canel.

• TeilnehmendeR: Sanders, Karen, 1961-; Canel, Maria Jose,
• Place / Publishing House: London ;, New York : : Bloomsbury Academic,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).

Government communication is a curiously neglected area of discursive analysis. No considered examination of the subject exists which provides either an account of the contemporary governmental landscape or an explanation of the common and divergent themes on both a domestic and international basis. This volume aims to fill that gap, providing a concise and illuminating case-study based review of government communication.It will be divided into three sections to reflect differences in both geography and political allegiances, scrutinising continental Europe, Anglo-American traditions and newly emerging democracies. Offering a global and thematic account, it is an indispensable resource for all students of political communication.

Table of Contents

Cover; HalfTitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Mapping the field of government communication; Defining government communication; Situating government communication research at a crossroads; Looking at government communication cross-nationally; The case-study methodology; Putting empirical data in context; Plan of the book; 2 Structures, strategies and spin: Government communication in Sweden; Political and media contexts in Sweden; Structure of Swedish government communication; Government communication resources; Communication activities, functions and tasks

ConclusionAnnex 2.1; 3 Government communication in Germany: Maintaining the fine line between information and advertising; The political and the electoral systems; The development of government communication and its legal background; Today's structure of government communication; Challenges for government communication; Conclusion; 4 Opportunities, challenges and trends in US federal government communication; Government communication defined; US government communicators; Presidential and federal communication; Other federal communication related to government communication

Legal framework for government communicationCommunication in a permanent campaign mindset; Media relations and a shifting media landscape; Next steps in US government communication research; Conclusion; 5 The strategic shift of UK government communication; The political and news environment; Millbankization and the shift to strategic communication; Government communication post-Phillis, 2004-10; Counting the costs of government communication; Challenges for UK government communication; 6 Government communication in Australia; Political and media environment; The development of 'the PR state'

Government communication resources and advertisingTwo government advertising case studies: Industrial relations and mining tax; Reaching citizens; Greater chaos, less control? The future of government communication in Australia; 7 The wavering implementation of government communication in France; The emergence of a specific institutional body in charge of French government communication; French government communication today: From 'new' management to politicization?; Conclusion; 8 Government communication in Spain: Leaving behind the legacies of the past; Introduction1

A brief look at history: From militarization to democracyThe political landscape: The result of laborious consensus-making; The media landscape; The development of government communication: Giving central place to communication; The organizational structure for government communication today; Human and financial resources; The process: Tasks performed by the government communication office; Conclusions: Challenges for government communication in Spain; 9 Government communication in democratic Poland: 20 years after the collapse of communism

Political and electoral systems after the collapse of communism