{"product_id":"defiant-publics-the-unprecedented-reach-of-the-global-citizen-hardback-9780745631783","title":"Defiant Publics; The Unprecedented Reach of the Global Citizen (Hardback) 9780745631783","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDefiant Publics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Unprecedented Reach of the Global Citizen\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDaniel Drache (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745631783, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 July 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.426 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Drache is well read and committed to his subject, and the book is littered with excellent quotations from leading contemporary thinkers and activists.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e“On reading this book, the activist will understand how to arouse wider political participation, and the skeptic will be concerned that established power uses the same technology to manipulate a passive public. For a broad and non-specialized audience, the book opens a discussion about the nature of politics in the twenty-first century.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRobert Cox, \u003ci\u003eYork University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Drache makes a courageous and controversial stand against much that is taken for granted by elites in our global order. He is optimistic that fluid but ‘Defiant Publics’ are moving towards an unknown but different world, seeking citizenship in a diverse and renewed global public domain. Yet his analysis leaves us aware we should also keep an eye on the possible unintended consequences of what might now be occurring.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Underhill, \u003ci\u003eUniversiteit van Amsterdam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Widespread military adventurism, resurgent violent populisms, faux democracies drenched in cynicism, and looming ecological crises on an unimaginable scale: the world we inhabit seems to be one absent of hope or possibility. Daniel Drache’s fascinating Defiant Publics jolts us out of our too-easy dystopian imaginings by showing us the ways in which multiple publics are struggling to create dynamic new futures.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eImre Szeman, \u003ci\u003eMcMaster University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Daniel Drache’s new book builds on the best of democratic theory developed in the twentieth-century nation-state, to conceptualize a non-territorial, non-traditional account of global democratic politics for our time. Defiant Publics identifies the new social actors in a de-hierarchized polity and challenges our ways of understanding political deliberation.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePeer Zumbansen, \u003ci\u003eYork University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSocial activism and dissent have become global phenomena for our times. Ordinary people across the world are fighting back. This newly potent political force has defeated governments in India and Spain, and has brought down the EU draft constitution. Disaffected by the triumph of markets, public goods, public interest and public spaces are regaining political ground.  \u003cp\u003eDaniel Drache argues that, feeding off distrust and suspicion of governments, and assisted by the new cultural flows of people, ideas and information, this is a political phenomenon without historical precedent. No-one owns the new public, elites remain baffled by its power and impact. No-one can contain its innovative, inclusive and rapidly evolving organizational style. No-one can determine when the current cycle of dissent will peak.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis lively and engaging book is a must-read for anyone interested in the role of protesters and publics in contemporary politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of figures vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Goals and Values that are Inescapably Public 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Crowded Public Sphere and its Discontents 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Market Fundamentalism and the Worried Public 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Digital Publics and the Culture of Dissent 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Nixers, Fixers, and the Axes of Conformity 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Infinite Varieties of the Modern Public: Novelty, Surprise, and Uncertainty 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Critical Human Rights Conventions of the Global Public Domain 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Note on Sources 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 187\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52406614163736,"sku":"9780745631783","price":42.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745631783.jpg?v=1784140816","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/defiant-publics-the-unprecedented-reach-of-the-global-citizen-hardback-9780745631783","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}