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

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)

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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