Archive for August 18th, 2007

Zainah: democratization of public sphere

Posted on August 18, 2007. Filed under: articles, konstitusi, malaysia, pluralism, religious freedom, shariah |

==The public sphere does its part in democratically legitimatising state action by selecting objects relevant for political decision-making, forming them into issues and bundling them into competing public opinions with more or less well-informed and reasoned arguments.
In this way, public communication is a force that stimulates and orients citizens’ opinions and desires, while at [...]

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