Drache Defiant Publics

The Unprecedented Reach of the Global Citizen
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-5749-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Themes for the 21st Century Series

Social activism and dissent have become global phenomena for ourtimes. Ordinary people across the world are fighting back. Thisnewly potent political force has defeated governments in India andSpain, and has brought down the EU draft constitution. Disaffectedby the triumph of markets, public goods, public interest and publicspaces are regaining political ground.
Daniel Drache argues that, feeding off distrust and suspicion ofgovernments, and assisted by the new cultural flows of people,ideas and information, this is a political phenomenon withouthistorical precedent. No-one owns the new public, elites remainbaffled by its power and impact. No-one can contain its innovative,inclusive and rapidly evolving organizational style. No-one candetermine when the current cycle of dissent will peak.
This lively and engaging book is a must-read for anyoneinterested in the role of protesters and publics in contemporarypolitics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Drache, Daniel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures vii
Acknowledgements viii
Introduction: Goals and Values that are Inescapably Public 1
1 The Crowded Public Sphere and its Discontents 24
2 Market Fundamentalism and the Worried Public 54
3 Digital Publics and the Culture of Dissent 89
4 Nixers, Fixers, and the Axes of Conformity 115
5 Infinite Varieties of the Modern Public: Novelty, Surprise, and Uncertainty 144
Appendix: Critical Human Rights Conventions of the Global Public Domain 172
A Note on Sources 179
Select Bibliography 184
Index 187

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel Drache is Director of the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies and Professor of Political Science at York University, Toronto.