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Author:   Steen Steensen
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
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9783032069887

ISBN 10:   3032069882
Pages:   309
Publication Date:   08 December 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART 1.-THE RISE OF CASUAL DEMOCRACIES.-Chapter1.-Introduction.-The Newsagents of News Deserts.-Chapter2.-The Affordances of Casual Democracy.-Chapter 3. Studying Casual Democracies with Ethnographic Sensibility.-PART 2.-PLACES OF CASUAL DEMOCRACY.-Chapter 4. -Frederiksberg as Place and Public Sphere.-Chapter 5.- The Elephant and the Paradox of Frederiksberg.-Chapter 6. Ringwood as Place and Public Sphere.-Chapter 7. Anger and Apathy in Ringwood.-PART 3: TOPICS OF CASUAL DEMOCRACIES.-Chapter 8. Dealing with Covid-19 in Casual Democracies.-Chapter 9. Dealing with Crime in Casual Democracies.-Chapter 10. Dealing with Politics in Casual Democracies.-PART 4.- Consequences of Casual Democracy.-Chapter 11.- The Deliberative Capacity of Casual Democracies.-Chapter 12. Give Way to the Future of Casual Democracy.-Conclusion.

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Steen Steensen (PhD) is Research Dean at the Faculty of Social Sciences and professor of journalism at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, Oslo Metropolitan University in Norway. He holds a visiting professorship at Bournemouth University in the UK and an adjunct professorship at Kristiania University College in Norway. Steensen is the author of numerous journal articles and books concerning the development of news, journalism and public discourse in digital times, and he is a former journalist and feature writer for Norwegian newspapers and magazines.

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