DEACON, David N (fl 1997-2000): Quangos in the British News Media
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0097 DEACON |
Held at | : British Library of Political and Economic Science Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library › |
Full title | : DEACON, David N (fl 1997-2000): Quangos in the British News Media |
Date(s) | : 1998-1999 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 2 boxes |
Name of creator(s) | : Deacon | David N | fl 1997-2000 |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
An ESRC funded project drawing together two key contemporary political debates: on the one hand, the democratic implications of the expansion in non-elective government in recent years, and on the other the media's growing centrality in the political system. Apart from providing unique data on the hitherto neglected relationship between these areas, the project aimed to contribute to current debates regarding democratic accountability, information flows, news management and state-media relations. The research programme combines several empirical strands various facets of the relationship between the appointive, Quasi-non governmental organisations ('Quangos') and the British news media.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of David N Deacon, 1998-1999, comprise detailed, semi-structured interviews with representatives from selected extra-governmental agencies (including both 'recognised' and 'non-recognised' quangos) regarding media and publicity issues, and with national and local news professionals regarding their use of quangos as news sources and their relationship with these executive agencies. All the interviews were made between 1998 and 1999. With a file containing interview schedules and 4 floppy disks.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
2 boxes
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
No documents may be photocopied.without the permission of the donor. No material may be published without the prior permission of both the copyright holder and the Library. All applications for publication must be made to the Archivist in the first instance, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user.
Finding aids:
More detailed catalogue available from Archives staff
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
David Deacon via Qualidata.
Allied Materials
Related material:
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Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Sources: Copied from LSE Archives CALM database.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Feb 2008
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