Rethinking the public: Innovations in research, theory and politics

Author:   Nick Mahony (Centre for Citizenship, Identity and Governance, The Open University) ,  Janet Newman (Janet Newman is an Emeritus Professor at The Open University.) ,  Clive Barnett (Geography, The Open University)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
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9781847424167


Pages:   188
Publication Date:   16 June 2010
Format:   Hardback
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This book rethinks the public, public communication and public action in a globalising and mediated world. It develops novel theoretical perspectives for investigating the formation of publics, focusing on four overlapping processes: claiming publics; personalising publics; mediating publics; and becoming public. Using fascinating case studies, Rethinking the public offers a rich set of methodological resources on which other researchers can draw and foregrounds the need to interrogate the boundaries between theory, research and politics. It is ideal reading for higher level undergraduate and masters programmes in politics, geography, public policy, sociology, social policy, public administration and cultural studies.

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Author:   Nick Mahony (Centre for Citizenship, Identity and Governance, The Open University) ,  Janet Newman (Janet Newman is an Emeritus Professor at The Open University.) ,  Clive Barnett (Geography, The Open University)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781847424167


ISBN 10:   1847424163
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   16 June 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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This excellent collection fills a very important gap by providing examples to those starting out on research on how to link theory and empirical work in highly topical areas. Morag McDermont, Senior Lecturer in the School of Law and Programme Director, MSc Socio-Legal Studies, University of Bristol This fascinating book presents a series of theoretically innovative case studies examining the processes of personalizing, claiming, mediating and belonging through which publics come to be known in particular forms. It very convincingly demonstrates that publics are not pre-existing political subjects, and will be an invaluable resource for scholars researching new political formations in topical fields. Wendy Larner, Professor of Human Geography and Sociology, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol


This fascinating book presents a series of theoretically innovative case studies examining the processes of personalizing, claiming, mediating and belonging through which publics come to be known in particular forms. It very convincingly demonstrates that publics are not pre-existing political subjects, and will be an invaluable resource for scholars researching new political formations in topical fields. Wendy Larner, Professor of Human Geography and Sociology, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol This excellent collection fills a very important gap by providing examples to those starting out on research on how to link theory and empirical work in highly topical areas. Morag McDermont, Senior Lecturer in the School of Law and Programme Director, MSc Socio-Legal Studies, University of Bristol


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Nick Mahony is an ESRC Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance at The Open University. Janet Newman is a Professor of Social Policy and Director of the Publics Research Programme within the Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance at the Open University. Clive Barnett is Reader in Human Geography at The Open University, Milton Keynes.

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