Public Affairs and Democratic Ideals: Critical Perspectives in an Era of Political and Economic Uncertainty

Contents
Foreword
Chapter 1 Introduction
	Inspirations and Areas of Inquiry
	Theoretical Grounding
	Conclusion
Section 1: The Importance of Publicness and Critical Democratic Thought
	Chapter 2 Conditioning Factors: Neo-Managerialism and the Modern State
		Neo-managerialism and the Economization of Political Inquiry
		The Modern State and Public Affairs
		Conclusion
	Chapter 3 A Conceptual Foundation: Reinvigorated Publicness
		Toward a Public Social Science
		Intermediary between Citizen and State
		Encouraging Self-Governance and Accountability
		Conclusion
	Chapter 4 A Substantive Approach: Critical Democratic Thought
		The Relevance of Critical Democratic Thought to Public Affairs
		The Challenges and Opportunities of Critical Democratic Thought
		Conclusion
	Chapter 5 Rationality, the Public Sphere, and the State
		A View of Substantive Rationality
		The Foucauldian Challenge
		The Nature of the Public Sphere: Leonard’s Reconciliation and Arendtian Influences
		The State, Citizenship, and Globalization: Taking Guerreiro Ramos’s Project Forward
		Conclusion
Section 2: Contemporary Challenges
	Chapter 6 The Enduring Implications of the Economic Crisis of 2008
		Social Inequality, Social Mobility, and the Potential for Rising Social Discord
		Delimitation of the Market and a Discussion of Public Accountability
		The Challenge of Managing Political/Economic Involution
		Economic Crisis and the Value of Historical Inquiry
		A Final Thought
		Conclusion
	Chapter 7 Public Affairs in an Epoch of Space: Challenges to the Public Sphere
		Space and Globalization
		Toward a Spatial Social Theory
		The Relevance of Public Affairs to Spatiality: Coming Full Circle
		A Final Reflection
		Conclusion
	Chapter 8 A Critical Analysis of the Role of Citizen Involvement in Public Affairs: A Reexamination
		Habermas and the Managerial Citizen Involvement Approach: An Environmental Perspective
			The Utilitarian Past
			The Utilitarian Response
			Communicative Rationality and Social Transformation
			Citizen Participation and the Utilitarian Acquiescence
		Toward Critical Spaces of Hope
			Human Practices and the Market Ethos
			The Need for Citizen Spaces of Hope
		Conclusion
	Chapter 9 Conclusion: Reflections of a Sympathetic Critic
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Notes
References
Index