Global Communication and Transnational Public Spheres

by A. Crack

Overview

Information and communication technologies (ICT) enable citizens to communicate across state borders with greater ease than ever before, exciting much speculation about the emergence of transnational public spheres. This highly original work introduces this debate to International Relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403975218
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	04/09/2008
Series:	The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication
Edition description:	2008
Pages:	234
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Angela Crack is Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.

Table of Contents

Introducing Transnational Public Spheres to International Relations * Reconstructing Habermasian Public Sphere Theory * Contending Theories of Transnational Public Spheres: Propositions for an Alternative Analytical Framework * The Information Age: Transborder Communicative Capacity * The Rise of Global Governance: Transformations in Sites of Political Authority * Global Civil Society: Transnational Networks of Mutual Affinity

Editorial Reviews

"Communication is central to world politics yet curiously neglected in much of the orthodox study of international relations. Angela Crack s work redresses that neglect making a compelling argument for taking new communication technologies seriously and their potential for mediating a more progressive global politics" - Tony McGrew, Professor of International Relations and Head of the School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton,United Kingdom

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