This article proposes a conceptual and analytical framework
for analysing the ongoing structuring of the European
public sphere. It views the public sphere as being in
a symbiotic, but non-deterministic relationship with polity
forms and diversity accommodations. Operationalising the
public sphere as a four-dimensional matrix of governance
levels, networks, discourses, and collective actors, which
takes into account the aforementioned relationship, it
identifies the elements of the public sphere that should
be focused on research about the European public sphere
and locates the individual articles in this issue of
Javnost – The Public within this matrix.
Current Contents & Social and Behavioral Sciences, Index to Journals in Mass Communication, International Bibliography of Periodical Literature, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Linguistic and Language Behavior Abstracts, Peace Research Abstracts, Research Alert, Sage Public Administration Abstracts, Social Sciences Citation Index, Social SciSearch, Sociological Abstracts.
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