1st Edition
Activism in the Public Sphere Exploring the Discourse of Political Participation
By Wayne Clark
Copyright 2000
212 Pages
by
Routledge
This title was first published in 2000. Drawing upon fieldwork conducted with Amnesty International, the Labour Party, Tenants’ Associations and the Exodus collective, this work examines the nature of political activism. The author combines Habermasian theory and empirical fieldwork to critically analyze the nature of the political public sphere. While adopting a Habermasian approach, Clark... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Investigating political participation in Britain; The public sphere, discourse and political participation; Methodology and research design; Case studies; Structures of political participation; Mapping a typology of political participation and activism; Analysing the process of political participation; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Wayne Clark, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, High Wycombe, Bucks. UK
’Wayne Clarke’s book brings together a commitment to the values of grass-roots participation, with a challenging description of its difficult realities in practice. This book makes a valuable contribution to current debates about active citizenship.’ Michael Rustin, University of East London, UK ’...solid...contribution to the study of activism’ Democratization
