The Routledge handbook of critical public relations / edited by Jacquie L'Etang, David McKie, Nancy Snow and Jordi Xifra.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

[Part 1: Origins and overviews] An historical overview of the emergence of critical thinking in PR / L. Edwards -- History as a Source of Critique: Historicity and knowledge, societal change, activism and rhetorical movements / Jacquie L'Etang -- An Historical Overview of the Emergence of Critical Thinking in PR / Lee Edwards -- Articulating Public Relations Practice and Critical/Cultural Theory Through a Cultural-Economic Lens / Patricia A. Curtin, T. Kenn Gaither, and Erica Ciszek -- Feminism and PR / Kate Fitch -- The Public Sphere and PR / Phil Ramsey -- Dialogue and Critical Public Relations / Magda Pieczka -- Critical Rhetoric and Public Relations / Øyvind Ihlen -- Sanitising or Reforming PR? Exploring the emergence of critical public relations / Kristin Demetrious.

[Part 2: Orientations and reorientations] Extending PR's Critical Conversations with Advertising and Marketing / Clea Bourne -- Public Relations, the Postcolonial Other and the Issue of Asylum Seekers / Jane Johnstone -- Critical Discourse Analysis: A search for meaning and power / Judy Motion and Shirley Leitch -- Changes to be Encouraged: Radical turns in PR theorisation and small-step evolutions in PR practice / Kevin Moloney and David McKie -- A Reflexive Perspective in Public Relations: On leaving traditional thinking and uncovering the taken-for-granted / Jesper Falkheimer and Mats Heide -- Double Deconstruction: Transparency, dialogue, and social media from a critical post-structuralist perspective / Oliver Raaz and Stefan Wehmeier -- "Critical Public Relations is so Critical!" Objections, counter-objections, and practical applications to critical-cultural public relations work / Jennifer Vardeman-Winter -- What is Critical About Critical Public Relations Theory? / Bob Heath and Jordi Xifra.

[Part 3: Perspectives from different locations] A Post-Socialist/Communist Perspective: From foreign-imposed to home-grown transitional public relations / Ryszard Ławniczak -- Public Relations and Humanitarian Communication: From persuasion to the creation of a community of equals / Jairo Lugo-Ocando and Manuel Hernández-Toro -- Science, Medicine and the Body: How public relations blurs lines across individual and public health / Katie Place and Jennifer Vardeman-Winter -- A Postcolonial Critique of Public Relations / Mohan Dutta -- Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Critical public relations as a cure for media studies' fear of the dark / C. K. Weaver -- The Need for Critical Thinking in Country Promotion: Public diplomacy, nation branding and public relations / Alina Dolea -- Critical Race and Public Relations: The case of environmental racism and risk bearer agency / Damion Waymer and Bob Heath -- Critical Management Studies and the Management of Desire / Stephen Linstead.

[Part 4: Ways forward] Deconstructing Japan's PR: Where is the Public? / Nancy Snow -- Socially Integrating PR and Operationalizing an Alternative Approach / Jim Macnamara -- Expanding Critical Space: Public intellectuals, public relations, and an "outsider" contribution / David McKie and Jordi Xifra -- Algorithmic Public Relations: Materiality, technology and power in a post-hegemonic world / Simon Collister -- Liberation Public Relations / Mark Sheehan and Jordi Xifra -- Being Social: Creating a critical commons with public relations practice / Paul Willis) -- Pushing Boundaries: A critical cosmopolitan orientation / Anne Surma -- Public Relations and Sustainable Citizenship: Towards a goal of representing the unrepresented / Debashish Munshi and Priya Kurian.

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