Regulating and Colonizing Public Worlds

This chapter examines the regulation of the public sphere in Britain. It presents the four major domains of reorganization. Hyper-politicisation is discussed, which resulted from the breakdown of the old mechanisms protecting interests from democratic accountability, thus exposing them to the full force of partisan politics.

This chapter examines the regulation of the public sphere in Britain. It presents the four major domains of reorganization. Hyper-politicisation is discussed, which resulted from the breakdown of the old mechanisms protecting interests from democratic accountability, thus exposing them to the full force of partisan politics.