The Public on the Public

The British Public as Trust, Reflexivity and Political Foreclosure

Autori

• C. Westall
• M. Gardiner
• Michael Gardiner

Parametri

• 152 pagine
• 6 ore di lettura

• Scienze politiche & Politica
• Scienze sociali

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In Britain, the resistance to popular determination allowed by the financial construct of the public has been so successful that this term, public, must be re-read as politically paralyzing. The problem, our problem, is the public - which we are so often told will bring us together and provide for us - and it is this we must move beyond. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: We are not 'The Public' 2. The Public as Financial Trust 3. The Public as Cultural Commonwealth 4. Public Participation as Debt Demand 5. Public Reflexivity as Political Foreclosure 6. The Arts of Public Value 7. Coda: On not Saving 'The Public'

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2015

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