scholarly journals The EU's Democratic Deficit and the Public Sphere

2016 ◽  
Vol 115 (779) ◽  
pp. 83-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan-Werner Müller
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Democratic Deficit ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Eu

The EU will not become something like a traditional nation-state anytime soon, and no supranational public sphere is likely to ever replace national public spheres.

scholarly journals The Public Sphere in the Field of Power

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Calhoun
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
Social Foundations ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Late Eighteenth ◽  
The Public Sphere

In this article I ask (1) whether the ways in which the early bourgeois public sphere was structured—precisely by exclusion—are instructive for considering its later development, (2) how a consideration of the social foundations of public life calls into question abstract formulations of it as an escape from social determination into a realm of discursive reason, (3) to what extent “counterpublics” may offer useful accommodations to failures of larger public spheres without necessarily becoming completely attractive alternatives, and (4) to what extent considering the organization of the public sphere as a field might prove helpful in analyzing differentiated publics, rather than thinking of them simply as parallel but each based on discrete conditions. These considerations are informed by an account of the way that the public sphere developed as a concrete ideal and an object of struggle in late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Britain.

scholarly journals Archives, libraries and museums in the Nordic model of the public sphere

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Håkon Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Archival Science ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Public Sphere

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of ALM organizations within a Nordic model of the public sphere. Design/methodology/approach This is a conceptual paper discussing the role of archives, libraries and museums in light of a societal model of the Nordic public sphere. Throughout the discussions, the author draw on empirical and theoretical research from sociology, political science, media studies, cultural policy studies, archival science, museology, and library and information science to help advance our understanding of these organizations in a wider societal context. Findings The paper shows that ALM organizations play an important role for the infrastructure of a civil public sphere. Seen as a cluster, these organizations are providers of information that can be employed in deliberative activities in mediated public spheres, as well as training arenas for citizens to use prior to entering such spheres. Furthermore, ALM organizations are themselves public spheres, as they can serve specific communities and help create and maintain identities, and solidarities, all of which are important parts of a civil public sphere. Research limitations/implications Future research should investigate whether these roles are an important part of ALM organizations contribution to public spheres in other regions of the world. Originality/value Through introducing a theoretical model developed within sociology and connecting it to ongoing research in archival science, museology, and library and information science, the author connects the societal role of archives, libraries, and museums to broader discussions within the social sciences.

Battles of Ideas Between the Legal and the Legitimate

2021 ◽  
pp. 145-161
Author(s):  
Paula Castro ◽  
Sonia Brondi ◽  
Alberta Contarello
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Human Action ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Many

This chapter discusses how social psychology can offer theoretical contributions for a better understanding of the relations between the institutional and public spheres and how this may impact change in ecological matters. First, it introduces the difference between natural and agreed—or chosen—limits to human action and draws on Sophocles’s Antigone to illustrate this and discuss how legitimacy has roots in the many heterogeneous values of the public sphere/consensual universe, while legality arises from the institutional/reified sphere. Recalling some empirical research in the area of social studies of sustainability, it then shows how a social representations perspective can help us understand the dynamic and interdependent relations between the institutional or reified sphere and the consensual or common sense universe—and their implications for social change and continuity.

scholarly journals Blogging the 2009 Queensland State Election

2012 ◽  
Vol 145 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-85
Author(s):  
Megan Kimber
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Ideal Types ◽  
Political Blogs ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
The Public ◽  
Deliberative Discussion ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Political Blog

The internet has become important in political communication in Australia. Using Habermas's ideal types, it is argued that political blogs can be viewed as public spheres that might provide scope for the expansion of deliberative democratic discussion. This hypothesis is explored through analysis of the group political blog Pineapple Party Time. It is evident that the bloggers and those who commented on their posts were highly knowledgeable about and interested in politics. From an examination of these posts and the comments on them, Pineapple Party Time did act as a public sphere to some degree, and did provide for the deliberative discussion essential for a democracy, but it was largely restricted to Crikey readers. For a deliberative public sphere and democratic discussion to function to any extent, the public sphere must be open to all citizens, who need to have the access and knowledge to engage in deliberative discussion.

The Transnationalization of Public Spheres and Global Policy

2019 ◽  
pp. 239-256
Author(s):  
Ingrid Volkmer
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
Global Policy ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Core ◽  
National Boundaries ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Container Model

The globalized spheres of digital communication require a substantial revision of conventional conceptions of ‘the public sphere’. This article lays out the core strands of such a new debate by identifying the limitations of traditional public sphere approaches which are caused by the boundedness of the foci on the national ‘container’ model associated with the European nation state. Instead of limiting publicness to national boundaries, new approaches are required to understand the new discursive spheres of connectivity of citizens across all society types, today enabled by digital communication. Such an approach is necessary to map out the new dimension of public discourse. The article concludes with the suggestion of a model of publicness understood as ‘reflective interdependence’ connecting citizens across societies.

scholarly journals THE PUBLIC SPHERE AS THE EDUCATION OF MULTICULTURALISM AWARENESS

EDUTECH ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Yusar
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Communicative Action ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Public Sphere

Abstract. This article was endeavor to describe the  awareness multicultural education in the Chinese Lampion Festival in Kota Bandung since 2011 to 2013. The research was held with the longitudinal, qualitative, and adopt to the action research methods. The evidence was describe that the public sphere was success to build the communicative action between the native ethnics and the Chinese. By the public sphere, each ethnics perceived their cultural differences and appreciate as an equality.  By this public sphere, the multiculturalism awareness was formed succesfully and reduce the ethnical stereotype between the native ethnics and the Chinese.  This article conclude that the awareness multicultural education may be doing by creating the public spheres. Keywords:   public sphere, education, multiculturalism Abstrak. Artikel ini menggambarkan pendidikan kesadaran multikulturalisme  melalui perayaan Cap Go Meh.  Etnis-etnis tempatan yang mengklaim sebagai pribumi memiliki stereotipe etnis yang kuat terhadap etnis Tionghoa. Penelitian telah dilakukan dengan paradigma kualitatif yang bersifat longitudinal mengadopsi pada metode action research. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ruang publik yang dibangun antara etnis tempatan dengan etnis Tionghoa memunculkan tindakan komunikatif antar etnis.  Melalui penciptaan ruang publik tersebut, kesadaran akan keberagaman muncul dari masing-masing etnis dan memadang bahwa budaya masing-masing berdiri setara dan muncul penghargaan atas masing-masing kebudayaan. Pemahaman multikulturalisme terbangun karena ruang publik yang diciptakan. Bagian penutup dijelaskan bahwa pendidikan kesadaran multikultur dapat ditempuh melalui penciptaan ruang-ruang publik. Kata kunci:  ruang  publik, pendidikan, multikulturalisme

The Democratic Function of the Public Sphere in Europe

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 673-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mayte Peters
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Member States ◽  
The Public ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
European Democracy ◽  
European Public ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The Eu

Democratically legitimized European integration calls for developments in culture and society—which arise naturally in the scope of on-going political, economic and institutional European Union (EU) integration—to be publically debated so they may be politically processed. The space where this happens is the public sphere, or, in the context of the EU, the European public sphere. The latter complements national public spheres. Successful integration among EU Member States is made possible by adhering to a common set of values at the same time as respecting the national identities of the Member States and fostering cultural diversity. By way of Union citizenship rights, individuals are able to make use of and actively promote the Europeanization of societies and cultures. Yet citizens are affected by Europeanization to differing degrees, with only a minority of citizens actively partaking in transnational exchange. In order to account for European integration democratically, the EU treaties hold provisions allowing for a close institutional interdependence of national and European democracy.

scholarly journals The Rise and Fall of the New Arab Public Sphere

2015 ◽  
Vol 114 (776) ◽  
pp. 331-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Lynch
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Critical Power ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Arab Politics ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Public Sphere

“Arab politics will be torn for many years to come between the restless, critical power of the public sphere and the determined efforts of regimes, states, and old elites to maintain their domination.” Third in a series on public spheres around the world.

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