Theorizing the public as practices: Transformations of the public in historical context

The Return of the Public in Global Governance

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 15-44

  Best, Jacqueline ^a   Gheciu, Alexandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781107281837.002     Document Type: Chapter

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