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"This work presents a thorough examination of librarianship and the social and economic contexts in which the profession and its institutions operate. As a basis of analysis, Buschman employs critical education scholarship and the research of German philosopher Jurgen Habermas, whose seminal work on the public sphere - the arena in which the public organizes itself and formulates public opinion - serves as a meta-framework for Buschman's study of librarianship. Buschman asserts that a significant shift has occurred from the library as a contributor to the public good to a model where economic rationality directs policy. He challenges much of the current thinking and assumptions guiding libraries."--Jacket.
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Dismantling the Public Sphere: Situating and Sustaining Librarianship in the Age of the New Public Philosophy
2003, ABC-CLIO, LLC
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Dismantling the public sphere: situating and sustaining librarianship in the age of the new public philosophy
2003, Libraries Unlimited
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