Is the World Social Forum a Transnational Public Sphere?: Nancy Fraser, Critical Theory and the Containment of Radical Possibility

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 61-84

  Conway, Janet ^a   Singh, Jakeet ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

democracy; global civil society; global justice; globalization; pluralism; social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349213439     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276409106350     Document Type: Article

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