focuses mostly on democracy (Arato 1981; Paxton 2002; Putnam 1993; Wuthnow 1991). This analysis investigates instead the relationship between associationism and authoritarianism. I explore how the strength of the associational sphere influenced the degree of regime hegemony in two cases of interwar European authoritarianism: the Italian fascist regime and the Spanish dictatorship of Miguel Prim...

Within the realm of political theory, existing republican and liberal theories public sphere have not been normatively practically sufficient for Muslim-majority contexts. Few prominent scholars such as Jürgen Habermas provided a revitalised approach to discussions religion in sphere, enabling an expansion artificial controversial boundaries between private well religious political. In his publ...

the present article aims to conduct an ethnographic study of the confrontation between the local culture and global commodities in baneh. theoretically, this article suggests that confrontation with the global should be understood in relation to neoliberal market, identityand collective ideologies. thus,while carrying out a participant observation,we interviewed fifteen people in baneh. the res...

This study presents a qualitative analysis of social workers’ and their customers’ attitudes concerning control of alcohol use. Social workers and their customers were asked to comment on the following statements: Alcohol use is a private affair and I believe that social worker can influence customers’ alcohol use. The analytical focus is on how the two parties commented on the statements and d...

Awards are widespread in all countries and are prevalent both in the public sphere and in the private sector. This paper argues, and empirically supports, that awards serve public functions and economists should take them seriously. Using a unique cross-country data set, we suggest that awards serve as signals. Awards are more prevalent the more difficult the position and status of an individua...

The so-called “Information Society” is supposed to bear many advantages for users and a great potential for economic growth. At the same time we see the private sphere of individuals increasingly endangered. This paper presents some findings of an ongoing project on privacy by the Institute of Technology Assessment of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The main issues – technological as well as ...