List of Figures and Tables
Preface
1. Introduction: Public Relations and Social Theory; Magnus Fredriksson & Oyvind Ihlen
SOCIAL CHANGES
2. On Weber: Legitimacy and Legitimation in Public Relations; Arild Waeraas
3. On Luhmann: Reframing Public Relations as Part of Society's Evolutionary Learning Processes; Susanne Holmstrom
4. On Bauman: Power, Ethics and Social Hermeneutics; Magda Piezcka
5. On Beck: Public Relations and Quests for Responsibility; Magnus Fredriksson
6. On Latour: Actor-Networks, Modes of Existence and Public Relations; Piet Verhoeven
SOCIAL FORCES
7. On Bourdieu: Public Relations, Positions and Resources; Oyvind Ihlen
8. On Harrison White: Rethinking Relations in Public Relations; Peter Winkler & Stefan Wehmeier
9. On Meyer: Public Relations in a Context of World Society, Soft Actors and Rationalized De-coupling; Josef Pallas & Emilia Kvarnstroem
10. On Giddens: Interpreting Public Relations through Anthony Giddens's
Structuration and Late Modernity Theories; Jesper Falkheimer
SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
11. On Putnam: Bowling Together - Applying Robert Putnam's Theories of Community and Social Capital to Public Relations; Vilma Luoma-aho
12. On Berger: If Peter Berger were doing Public Relations - A Social Constructionist Perspective on Crisis Communication; Mats Heide
13. On Boltanski: The Sociology of Critique and Public Relations; Lee Edwards
14. On Goffman: Researching Relations with Erving Goffman as Pathfinder; Catrin Johansson
15. On Habermas: Communication and Understanding - Key Concepts for Public Relations; Roland Burkart
POWER
16. On Marx: Capitalism and Public Relations; Kay Weaver
17. On Dewey: Public Relations and its Eclipse of the Public; Lana Rakow
18. On Foucault: Engaging with Foucault's Critical Theory and Methods; Judy Motion & Shirley Leitch
19. On Dorothy Smith: Public Relations and Feminist Theory at the Crossroads; Lana Rakow & Diana Iulia Nastasia
20. On Spivak: Theorizing Resistance in Public Relations; Mohan Jyoti Dutta
21. On Mouffe: Radical Pluralism and Public Relations; Scott Davidson & Judy Motion
22. Conclusions on the Compass, Context, Concepts, Concerns and Empirical Avenues for Public Relations; Oyvind Ihlen, Piet Verhoeven & Magnus Fredriksson
Author Bios