Activism in the Public Sphere: Exploring the Discourse of Political Participation

ISBN-13: 9781138728677 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 212 str.

Wayne Clark

Opis

This title was first published in 2000. Drawing upon fieldwork conducted with Amnesty International, the Labour Party, Tenants’ Associations and the Exodus collective, this work examines the nature of political activism. The author combines Habermasian theory and empirical fieldwork to critically analyze the nature of the political public sphere. Essential reading for those studying public participation and its relationship to activism, as well as for students of politics, public policy and sociology.

Recenzje

’Wayne Clarke’s book brings together a commitment to the values of grass-roots participation, with a challenging description of its difficult realities in practice. This book makes a valuable contribution to current debates about active citizenship.’ Michael Rustin, University of East London, UK ’...solid...contribution to the study of activism’ Democratization

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; Investigating political participation in Britain; The public sphere, discourse and political participation; Methodology and research design; Case studies; Structures of political participation; Mapping a typology of political participation and activism; Analysing the process of political participation; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Wayne Clark, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, High Wycombe, Bucks. UK