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Constructing the Welfare State in the British Press

2020-12-10
Constructing the Welfare State in the British Press

Author: Malgorzata Paprota

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

ISBN: 9781350125339

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 240

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Analysing political discourse in the British press during a time of crisis and austerity, this book examines how the concept of the welfare state has been constructed between 2008 and 2015. At a time when the financial crisis and government policies have put the welfare state under increased pressure, a corpus from four British newspapers from across the political spectrum - the Guardian, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, and Daily Telegraph - is brought together to investigate the political debate on its evaluation and the ambiguity about its exact definition. Combining two theoretical approaches, Malgorzata Paprota outlines the figurative models and scenarios relevant to this element of the political system. The discourse-historical approach to discourse analysis is used to establish what the welfare state is, tracing the boundaries of the concept and which elements of political reality are explicitly associated with it. Conceptual metaphor theory is then used to explore the figurative conceptualisations of the welfare state. Together, this book shows the discursive construction, and shifting boundaries and metaphors, of the welfare state by the British press and its use in current political debates.

The Daily Mirror

2000-01-04
The Daily Mirror

Author: David Lehman

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

ISBN: 9781439106266

Category: Poetry

Page: 160

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Following in the footsteps of such poets as Emily Dickinson, William Stafford, and Frank O'Hara, David Lehman began writing a poem a day in 1996 and found the experience so rewarding that he continued for the next two years. During that time, some of these poems appeared in various journals and on Web sites, including The Poetry Daily site, which ran thirty of Lehman's poems in as many days throughout the month of April 1998. For The Daily Mirror, Lehman has selected the best of these "daily poems" -- each tied to a specific occasion or situation -- and telescoped two years into one. Spontaneous and immediate, but always finely crafted and spiced with Lehman's signature irony and wit, the poems are akin to journal entries charting the passing of time, the deaths of great men and women, the news of the day. Jazz, Sinatra, the weather, love, poetry and poets, movies, and New York City are among their recurring themes. A departure from Lehman's previous work, this unique volume provides the intimacy of a diary, full of passion, sound, and fury, but with all the aesthetic pleasure of poetry. More a party of poems than a standard collection, The Daily Mirror presents an exciting new way to think about poetry.

The Daily Mirror World Cup Rally 40

2010-04-08
The Daily Mirror World Cup Rally 40

Author: Graham Robson

Publisher: Veloce Publishing Ltd

ISBN: 9781845842710

Category: Sports & Recreation

Page: 208

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Lasting six weeks, and covering 16,000 miles from London to Mexico City via some of the most varying, tortuous and difficult terrain on three continents, the 1970 World Cup Rally was a unique high-speed event, attracting many serious works teams such as Ford and British Leyland. Despite the tremendous amounts of money spent choosing and developing new cars, completing months-long route surveys, and analysing every detail of diets, oxygen provision, and the number of crew members, out of an entry of more than 100 cars, only 23 cars made it to the finish. It was then, and remains now, the toughest rally of all time.

Savage Enthusiasm

2017-09-07
Savage Enthusiasm

Author: Paul Brown

Publisher: Goal Post

ISBN: 9780995541221

Category: Sports & Recreation

Page: 300

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How did we become football fans? Savage Enthusiasm traces the evolution of the football fan from the sport's earliest origins right up to the present day, exploring how football became the world's most popular spectator sport, and why it became the undisputed game of the people.

Tabloid Nation

2003
Tabloid Nation

Author: Chris Horrie

Publisher: Andre Deutsch

ISBN: UOM:39015059550437

Category: Daily mirror (London, England)

Page: 272

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This text charts the rise and fall of the Mirror newspaper, which remains such an integral part of 20th century British popular culture, and provides a fascinating expose ́on the state of the Mirror and its competitors today.