The End of Politics: Corporate Power and the Decline of the Public Sphere
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- Author: Boggs Carl
- Publisher: The Guilford Press
- Availability: Available
- Condition: Very good
- Code: 72563
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The End of Politics: Corporate Power and the Decline of the Public Sphere
Boggs Carl
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Carl Boggs: The End of Politics: Corporate Power and the Decline of the Public Sphere
Why do so many Americans feel that politics has become irrelevant to their daily lives? Why is there so little public discussion of important social issues, despite unprecedented access to mass media and new communication technologies? This book delves beneath the sound bites and news headlines to explore the ongoing process of depoliticization in the United States. Attuned to the many contemporary trends eroding the public sphere, Carl Boggs illuminates the American retreat to an eerily privatized landscape of shopping malls, gated communities, new-age fads, rural militias, isolated computer terminals, and postmodern intellectual discourse. Yet Boggs maintains hope that current trends can be reversed, issuing an eloquent call for revitalizing politics, culture, and civic society. The paperback concludes with a new postscript on the movement against corporate globalization and the tumultuous presidential election of 2000.
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- Author: Boggs Carl
- Publisher: The Guilford Press
- Year of publication:2000
- Place of publication:New York | London
- Pages:326
- Dimensions:15.5x23 cm
- Script:Latin script
- Condition:Very good
- Binding:Softcover
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