| ID | 117937 |
| Title Proper | John Holmes memorial lecture |
| Other Title Information | international organizations at the moving public-private borderline |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Jonsson, Christer |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN A PUBLIC AND A PRIVATE SPHERE IS ESSENTIAL TO
politics. The public sphere is commonly associated with the state and politics whereas the private sphere encompasses markets and civil society.
Political power and state sovereignty rest on "a set of institutionalized
authority claims."
1
The sovereign state's authority claim over its population
imparts it with metapolitical authority. That is, the governing bodies of
states claim to have, and are recognized as having, the authority to define
what is public (and thus political) and what is private (and thus beyond
political authority).
2
The range of activities over which political bodies can
legitimately exercise authority may vary over time and between states. For
instance, the authority claims of modern welfare states are far more extensive than those of medieval or nineteenth-century states, asformerly private
aspects of people's lives have become included in the public realm. |
| `In' analytical Note | Global Governance Vol. 19, No.1; Jan-Mar 2013: p.1-18 |
| Journal Source | Global Governance Vol. 19, No.1; Jan-Mar 2013: p.1-18 |
| Key Words | Civil Society ; Political Power ; State Sovereignty ; Public Realm |