The Public and the Private
Issues of Democratic Citizenship
1st Edition
Published on 5. August 2003
Book
Hardback
340 pages
978-0-7619-9702-3 (ISBN)
Description
Bringing together original essays by distinguished scholars from diverse disciplines, this volume constitutes an important contribution to the private-public debate. It does not set out to provide conclusive answers but raises pertinent questions, explores their implications, and looks to promote a global process of dialogue. The contributors highlight the manner in which the public and the private actually reinforce one another and collectively impact democracy.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
514 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-9702-3 (9780761997023)
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Gurpreet Mahajan is Professor of Political Science at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She is the author of Explanation and Understanding in the Human Sciences (1992), Identities and Rights: Aspects of Liberal Democracy in India (1998) and The Multicultural Path: Issues of Diversity and Discrimination in Democracy (2001). She has also edited Democracy, Difference and Social Justice (1998) and co-edited Minority Identities and the Nation-State (with D.L. Sheth) 1999.
Helmut Reifeld is at present the Representative of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in India. Formerly a research fellow with the German Historical Institute, London, and Bayreuth University, Germany, his co edited works include Pluralism and Equality and Women in Panchayati Raj.
Helmut Reifeld is at present the Representative of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in India. Formerly a research fellow with the German Historical Institute, London, and Bayreuth University, Germany, his co edited works include Pluralism and Equality and Women in Panchayati Raj.
Content
Preface - Helmut Reifeld
Introduction: The Public and the Private: Two Modes of Enhancing Democratization - Gurpreet Mahajan
PART ONE: CONCEPTUALIZING THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE
The Public as a Social Category - Andr[ac]e B[ac]eteille
The Domesticated Public - Dipankar Gupta
Tradition, Modernity and the Public/Private Divide
The Middle Classes as Public and Private - Ute Frevert
Culture, Gender and Modernization in 19th Century Europe
Of the Social Categories 'Private' and 'Public' - T N Madan
Considerations of Cultural Context
From a 'Private' Public to a 'Public' Private Sphere - Margrit Pernau
Old Delhi and the North Indian Muslims in Comparative Perspective
The Struggle for Social Justice and the Expansion of the Public Sphere - Gail Omvedt
PART TWO: RETRIEVING THE PRIVATE
Law's Magic and Empire Revisited - Rajeev Dhavan
Public Spaces and Private Lives - The Domain of the Law
Transcending Categories - Neera Chandhoke
The Private, the Public and the Search for Home
Feminism and the Public-Private Distinction - Patricia Uberoi
Protecting Individual Rights as Safeguards of the Private Sphere - Clauspeter Hill
The German Setting from the Legal Point of View
Voluntary Action and Citizenship - Aswini K Ray
Issues of Civil Rights
Public Ethics and Accountability - L C Jain
PART THREE: THE PUBLIC IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION
Public Sector in a Market Economy - Arjun Sengupta
Privatization as Reform - Kuldeep Mathur
Liberalization and Public Sector Enterprises in India
NGOs in the Era of Globalization - Harsh Sethi
Reworking the State-Citizen Dialectic
Creating a Public: Reinventing Democratic Citizenship - Sarah Joseph
Index
Introduction: The Public and the Private: Two Modes of Enhancing Democratization - Gurpreet Mahajan
PART ONE: CONCEPTUALIZING THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE
The Public as a Social Category - Andr[ac]e B[ac]eteille
The Domesticated Public - Dipankar Gupta
Tradition, Modernity and the Public/Private Divide
The Middle Classes as Public and Private - Ute Frevert
Culture, Gender and Modernization in 19th Century Europe
Of the Social Categories 'Private' and 'Public' - T N Madan
Considerations of Cultural Context
From a 'Private' Public to a 'Public' Private Sphere - Margrit Pernau
Old Delhi and the North Indian Muslims in Comparative Perspective
The Struggle for Social Justice and the Expansion of the Public Sphere - Gail Omvedt
PART TWO: RETRIEVING THE PRIVATE
Law's Magic and Empire Revisited - Rajeev Dhavan
Public Spaces and Private Lives - The Domain of the Law
Transcending Categories - Neera Chandhoke
The Private, the Public and the Search for Home
Feminism and the Public-Private Distinction - Patricia Uberoi
Protecting Individual Rights as Safeguards of the Private Sphere - Clauspeter Hill
The German Setting from the Legal Point of View
Voluntary Action and Citizenship - Aswini K Ray
Issues of Civil Rights
Public Ethics and Accountability - L C Jain
PART THREE: THE PUBLIC IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION
Public Sector in a Market Economy - Arjun Sengupta
Privatization as Reform - Kuldeep Mathur
Liberalization and Public Sector Enterprises in India
NGOs in the Era of Globalization - Harsh Sethi
Reworking the State-Citizen Dialectic
Creating a Public: Reinventing Democratic Citizenship - Sarah Joseph
Index