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	The Public And The Private by Mahajan
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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.

Table of Contents

Preface HELMUT REIFELD
Introduction: The Public and the Private: Two Modes of Enhancing Democratization GURPREET MAHAJAN
I. CONCEPTUALIZING THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE: The Public as a Social Category ANDRE BETEILLE
The Domesticated Public: Tradition, Modernity and the Public/Private Divide DIPANKAR GUPTA
The Middle Classes as Public and Private: Culture, Gender and Modernization in 19th-Century Europe UTE FREVERT
Of the Social Categories `Private` and `Public`: Considerations of Cultural Context T N MADAN
From a `Private` Public to a `Public` Private Sphere: Old Delhi and the North Indian Muslims in Comparative Perspective MARGRIT PERNAU
The Struggle for Social Justice and the Expansion of the Public Sphere GAIL OMVEDT
II. RETRIEVING THE PRIVATE: Law`s Magic and Empire Revisited: Public Spaces and Private Lives?The Domain of the Law RAJEEV DHAVAN
Transcending Categories: The Private, the Public, and the Search for Home NEERA CHANDHOKE
Feminism and the Public-Private Distinction PATRICIA UBEROI
Protecting Individual Rights as Safeguards of the Private Sphere: The German Setting from the Legal Point of View CLAUSPETER HILL
Voluntary Action and Citizenship: Issues of Civil Rights ASWINI K RAY
Public Ethics and Accountability L C JAIN
III. THE PUBLIC IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION: Public Sector in a Market Economy ARJUN SENGUPTA
Privatization as Reform: Liberalization and Public Sector Enterprises in India KULDEEP MATHUR
NGOs in the Era of Globalization: Reworking the State-Citizen Dialectic HARSH SETHI
Creating a Public: Reinventing Democratic Citizenship SARAH JOSEPH
IndexISBN - 9780761997023

Pages : 336