How Progressive Civil Society Became Professional NGO Culture
The disintegration of working-class institutions and the rise of professionalized advocacy has severed the connections between progressive civil society and working-class communities.
Anthony Nadler is professor of media studies at Ursinus College. He is author of Making the News Popular: Mobilizing U.S. News Audiences and coeditor of News on the Right: Studying Conservative News Cultures.
The disintegration of working-class institutions and the rise of professionalized advocacy has severed the connections between progressive civil society and working-class communities.