Debating the Future of the Public Sphere: Transforming the Public and Private Domains in Free Market Societies

by Stephen Edgell, Gareth Williams, Sandra L. Walklate

Papers presented at an international conference on The Public Sphere in Free Market Societies, held in Manchester, England, January 1993, are organized into three major politics and the public sphere in free market societies; from public service to private provision redrawing the boundaries; and the experience of the public sphere. Among the specific The public sector under siege, by Francis Fox Piven; The end of work public and private livelihood in post-employment capitalism, by Elliott Currie; and Bodily experience in public space, by Richard Sennett. Extensive bibliography. No index. Distributed by Ashgate. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

295 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1995