Transnational Public Spheres: Asian and Western Perspectives on Civic Spaces and Infrastructures Beyond the Nation-State

This book offers the first systematic theorisation of transnational public spheres from non-Western, spatial, and infrastructural perspectives.

The current era is characterised by transnational challenges, such as climate change, pandemics, and financial crises, that cannot be adequately addressed by national public spheres. Public spheres, defined as arenas of collective communication and action, are the cornerstone of any people-centred system of governance. This book puts forward a transn...