Although the science of global warming has been in place for several decades if not more, only in the last decade and a half has the issue moved clearly into the public sphere as a public policy issue and a political priority. To understand how and why this has occurred, it is essential to consider the history of the scientific theory of the greenhouse effect, the evidence that supports it and ...

This paper explores the recent trends that have influenced how we understand modern accountability relationships. These relationships involve how corporations relate to their external stakeholders and other significant parties. A continuum of ideas is introduced to investigate these obligations and suggest some ways forward. In particular, liberal, communicative and radical arguments are discus...

New media have been widely used by radical groups of both Left and Right to advance their political projects. The aim of this article to provide a theoretical framework, through developing the concepts of public sphere and counter-public sphere, which allows us to understand the growing importance of alternative media in society and to indicate how this framework might generate questions for

The Internet has democratized speech, creating a forum for public self-expression and connecting billions of speakers listeners who never could have found each other before. is not without faults, to be sure, but before so many people been afforded opportunities speak, heard, share information with others. Just as printing made everyone potential reader, today digitalisation making into author....