The Competent Public Sphere

1. Introducing Competence and the Public Sphere
John Michael Roberts

2. The New Economy
John Michael Roberts

3. The New Economy as the Fetish of Financialisation
John Michael Roberts

4. The Competent Public Sphere of the New Economy
John Michael Roberts

5. Democracy and Participation in the Competent Public Sphere
John Michael Roberts

6. Silencing the Thematic Utterances of Workers
John Michael Roberts

7. Trade Unions, Participation, and the Proletarian Public Sphere
John Michael Roberts

8. Conclusion: Towards a Socialist Public Sphere
John Michael Roberts

Keywords: Social Sciences, Politics of the Welfare State, Sociology of Work, Industrial Organization, International Relations, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Business and Management, general