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[ecrea] New Book: THE EUROPEAN PUBLIC SPHERE: FROM CRITICAL THINKING TO RESPONSIBLE ACTION

Sat Nov 24 07:13:07 GMT 2012



New Book: THE EUROPEAN PUBLIC SPHERE: FROM CRITICAL THINKING TO RESPONSIBLE ACTION
/Edited by Luciano Morganti and Léonce Bekemans/
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P.I.E. Peter Lang
Bruxelles, Bern, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2012. 300 pp., num. tables
ISBN 978-90-5201-254-4 pb.  (Softcover)
ISBN 978-3-0352-6253-7 (eBook)

Online info: http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=50618&concordeid=21254 <http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=50618&concordeid=21254>

The development of a fully fledged European Public Sphere is seen by many as the solution to the legitimation crisis the European Union is suffering today. It is conceived as a space in which a Europe-wide debate about the current economic, social and political crises can take place and through which solutions can be developed.

This book proposes a new multi-disciplinary approach to discuss the European Public Sphere, arguing that it should be approached as a complex and interlinking concept, considering issues such as identity, citizenship building and multi-level governance structures and actors, and that it should not be analysed merely from the traditional perspectives of information and communication policies.

The volume presents both academic papers and more policy-oriented contributions, offering perspectives from scholars, politicians, consultants and administrators to give the reader a truly multidisciplinary understanding of the European Public Sphere.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD
Communicating Europe: Going Local, Laurent Thieule
FOREWORD
European Communication Scholars, European Public Sphere, François Heinderyckx

INTRODUCTION
Towards a Multidisciplinary Approach to the Comprehension of the European Public Sphere, Luciano Morganti, Léonce Bekemans

PART 1
PRELIMINARY REFLECTIONS ON THE EUROPEAN PUBLIC SPHERE

Public Sphere(s) and Space(s) in Europe, Luc Van den Brande
Critical Ideas and Reflections on the European Public Sphere, Jostein Gripsrud

PART 2
THE EUROPEAN PUBLIC SPHERE AND EUROPEAN IDENTITY-BUILDING AND CITIZENSHIP-BUILDING

The European Public Sphere. An Overview on Perspectives of Identity and Citizenship Building, Carmina Crusafon New Borders, New Citizens. Virtual Communication Strategies for Remaking European Union Citizenship, Simon Moore, Sean McDonald Europe Beyond the Crisis? Citizens' (re)actions on the Multi-segmentation of the European Public Sphere, Andreas Hepp, Swantje Lingenberg, Anke Offerhaus, Johanna Möller, Monika Elsler & Anne Mollen The European Parliament's Online Communication Strategy. Creation of the European Public Sphere, Lucia Vesnic-Alujevic Homolingualism and the Interaction Taboo. Simultaneous Interpretation in the European Public Sphere, Stephanie Jo Kent The Forbidden Policies of Identity - The Social Responsibility of Business, Joan Ramon Rodriguez-Amat, Sarah Fröb

PART 3
EUROPEAN PUBLIC SPHERE(S), COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION STRATEGIES AND POLICIES

Communication and Information Strategies and Policies for the European Public Sphere.
Between Rhetoric and Facts, Luciano Morganti, Leo Van Audenhove
The Mass Media. A Privileged Channel for the EU's Political Communication, Chiara Valentini & Bo Laursen Conditions of the Emergence of a European Public Sphere. Political Actors and Mass Media Under Scrutiny, Annett Heft & Barbara Pfetsch
The EU Information Machine. High Time for Refuelling, Jan Bierhoff
Public Sphere and Political Communication. How Does the Public Sphere Evolve with the
Development of ICTs in French Local Politics? Simon Gadras
The Local Communication Flow as a Strategic Resource in the Construction of a European Public Sphere, Marinella Belluati

PART 4
THE EUROPEAN PUBLIC SPHERE AND MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES AND ACTORS

Multilevel Governance and the European Public Sphere, Jamal Shahin & Georgios Terzis The Process of Accountability. A Justificatory Link for the Role and Components of
a European Public Sphere, Rachel Barlow
The European Public Sphere and the NUTS. An Approach Towards Multilevel Activation
of the European Citizenship, Gerhard Michael Ambrosi
Asymmetries, Mediated Communication and Conflicts in Horizontal and Vertical Relationships in the European Public Sphere, Luigi Martignetti A Policy-based European Public Sphere. The Underpinnings of the Europe of Experts, Luca Barani The Contribution of Civil Society to the European Public Sphere. The Case of the Debates in
the European Constitution (2002-2005), Luis Bouza García



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