Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere

A major work by Jürgen Habermas (full title: The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere) analyzing how the public sphere—the arena for rational-critical public debate—was transformed and eroded in welfare-state industrial societies and whether such societies can still be democratized. It connects administered/welfare-state structures, mass media, and public opinion theory.

Claims that use this term

• Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere asked whether welfare-state industrial societies can be democratized
• Structural Transformation gave substance to administered world and public opinion theory