Public Deliberation and Public Culture The

Offering original insights on the prospects for a European, or even global, public sphere, this volume offers the writings of the original thinker Bernhard Peters (1949-2005) in English for the first time. Includes an introduction by the editor that outlines the importance of Peters' work and a preface by Jurgen Habermas.

HARTMUT WESSLER is Professor of Mass Communication at Jacobs University Bremen, Germany. He is the co-author of Transnationalization of Public Spheres, and writes on the media and the public sphere.

BERNHARD PETERS (1949-2005) was Professor of Political Theory at the University of Bremen, Germany. He completed his PhD with Jürgen Habermas, and wrote widely on the public sphere and political theory.

Preface
Study of the Public Sphere
Public Sphere And Public Discourse: Basic Concepts And Questions
Law, State and the Political Public Sphere
The Meaning of the Public Sphere
On Public Deliberation and Public Culture
Forms And Functions Of Public Deliberation
Functional Capacity
Contemporary Journalism and its Contribution to a Discursive Public Sphere
"Red Biotechnology" in Media Debate
Transnationalisation And Democratic Legitimacy
National and Transnational Public Spheres
Segmented Europeanisation
Trends and Patterns in the Transnationalisation of Public Spheres in Europe
Public Discourse, Identity and the Problem of Democratic Legitimacy
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Public Deliberation and Public Culture The Writings of Bernhard Peters, 1993 - 2005

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