The Public on the Public

The British Public as Trust, Reflexivity and Political Foreclosure

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International, Social Science, Sociology
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Author: C. Westall, M. Gardiner ISBN: 9781137351340
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication: January 12, 2015
Imprint: Palgrave Pivot Language: English
Author: C. Westall, M. Gardiner
ISBN: 9781137351340
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication: January 12, 2015
Imprint: Palgrave Pivot
Language: English

In Britain, the resistance to popular determination allowed by the financial construct of the public has been so successful that this term, public, must be re-read as politically paralyzing. The problem, our problem, is the public - which we are so often told will bring us together and provide for us - and it is this we must move beyond.

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In Britain, the resistance to popular determination allowed by the financial construct of the public has been so successful that this term, public, must be re-read as politically paralyzing. The problem, our problem, is the public - which we are so often told will bring us together and provide for us - and it is this we must move beyond.

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