In its political form, the existence of a public realm is the basis of a shared relationship between rulers and ruled which makes politics more than mere power or domination. How to construct and maintain a public realm in the political sphere is, however, a matter of especial dispute at the present day, due partly to the increasing difficulty of making the distinction between public and private spheres which has been the basis of Western liberal democracy; partly to the tendency of public concerns to be identified with economic interests, which transforms citizens into consumers; partly to pressure for the acknowledgement of diversity of every kind, which creates the danger of fragmenting the public realm; and partly to globalization processes which have undermined the traditional identification of the public realm with national political institutions. Globalization has, in addition, raised the question of whether there can be a supra-national public realm and, more generally, of what form it is likely to assume in non-Western cultures. These are amongst the fundamental contemporary issues addressed by contributors to the present volume. This book was published as a special issue of the Critical Review of International, Social and Political Philosophy.
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9780415851015
eBay Product ID (ePID)
178013559
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Political Science
Author
Noel O'sullivan
Publication Name
The Concept of the Public Realm
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Sociology, Anthropology
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
222 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
318g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Editor
Noel O'sullivan
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