This book discusses the extent to which the theoretical relevance and analytical rigor of the concept of the public sphere is affected by current processes of transnationalization. The contributions address fundamental questions concerning the viability of a socially and politically effective public sphere in a post-Westphalian world.
Author Biography:
Lorenzo Beltrame, University of Trento, Italy
Massimiano Bucchi, University of Trento, Italy
Donatella Della Porta, European University Institute, Italy
Klaus Eder, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Naika Foroutan, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Bernhard Giesen, University of Konstanz, Germany
Ruby Gropas, Democritus University of Thrace and Hellenic Foundation of European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), Greece
Ruud Koopmans, Amsterdam School for Social Science Research (ASSR), Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Netherlands and Germany
Hara Kouki, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Italy
Christian Lahusen, Siegen University, Germany
Barbara Mattè, Univeristy of Trento, Italy
Paul Statham, University of Sussex, UK
Piet Strydom, a retired member of the School of Sociology and Philosophy at University College Cork, Ireland
Roland Teitzer, University Vienna, Austria
Anna Triandafyllidou, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Italy
Roland Verwiebe, University of Vienna, Austria
Laura Wiesböck, University of Vienna, Austria
Gökçe Yurdakul, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany