Theorising emergent public spheres: negotiating democracy, development, and dissent

This article outlines an analytical framework for investigating the variable formation of public life. It suggests that theoretical accounts of the public sphere and related ideas should be thought of less as normative models to be applied to new contexts, and more as providing questions as to how...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clive Barnett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Free State 2014-01-01
Series:Acta Academica
Online Access:https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/aa/article/view/1428