... access – all crucial to democratic societies. The counterexamples of lies fuelling the social, informational and political collapse of Soviet bloc regimes and their authoritarian successor states illustrate the obverse (Koposov, 2022 ; Havel, 2018 ; Shore, 2017 ; Walzer, 1992). John Buschman can...

... be argued to emphasise the political role of libraries. A liberal and a radical understanding of information literacy is elaborated, the latter is advocated. Information literacy is also analysed in a non-essentialist manner, as a description of a learning activity, therefore always value-laden...

... to be said for this claim, and it is without any doubt in this userist way that publicly funded libraries in today’s political and economic climate must typically bargain for their right to exist. One may however object that instrumentality in itself is not necessarily the problematic issue. Instrumentality...

... and political theory. Newman (2007) approaches the relationship of the public sphere and public libraries from a different perspective by asking how notions of publicness are constructed and contested by public authorities involved in public library policy. Using data gathered from interviews with public...

...Stuart Hannabuss Gregory G.   Curtin (Editor‐in‐Chief) . Journal of E‐Government . Binghamton, NY : The Haworth Political Press   Volume 1, Number 1, 2004 . 133 pp.   Subscription rates for individuals one volume US$45.00 and three volumes US$135.00; institutions: one volume US...

...Dave Muddiman John Desmond Bernal (1901‐1970) was one of the most eminent scientists of his generation; he also became, in mid‐twentieth century Britain, an important political figure – the leading public spokesperson of “red” science. One remarkable but hitherto underexplored aspect of his career...