Public

Public is a word in the English language, either an adjective or a noun with these meanings:- (adjective) "of or pertaining to the people; (adjective) "relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community"; opposed to "private"; (noun) "the people of a nation not affiliated with the government of that nation: the people" (noun) "Public to the general body of mankind or of a nation, state, or community"; (noun, indefinite) the public; also, a particular body or aggretion of people; as, an author's public. specimens (adjective):- the public treasury / a public road / "public network" means a network that is regulated as a common carrier.

• Aggens (1983) in the paper titled "Identifying different levels of public interest in participation" states: "There is no single public, but different levels of public based on differing levels of interest and ability".

Selected bibliography

1. Dewey, John (1954) Public & Its Problems, Swallow Press ISBN 0-8040-0254-1
2. Habermas, Jürgen (1989) The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: an inquiry into a category of bourgeois society, (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought), Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press ISBN 0-262-58108-6
3. Habermas, Jürgen (1985) The Theory of Communicative Action, Volume 2: Lifeworld and System: a critique of functionalist reason; Cambridge, Mass.: Beacon Press ISBN 0-8070-1401-X
4. Hannay, Alastair (2005) On the Public Routledge ISBN 0-415-32792-X
5. Kierkegaard, Søren (2002) A Literary Review; Alastair Hannay (trans.) London: Penguin ISBN 0-14-044801-2
6. Lippmann, Walter. The Phantom Public (Library of Conservative Thought), Transaction Publishers; Reprint edition, January 1, 1993, ISBN 1-56000-677-3.
7. Mayhew, Leon H. The New Public: Professional Communication and the Means of Social Influence, (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies), Cambridge University Press, September 28, 1997, ISBN 0-521-48493-6.
8. Sennett, Richard. The Fall of Public Man W. W. Norton & Company; Reissue edition, June 1992, ISBN 0-393-30879-0.

See also

Public-access television Public administration Public affairs Public art Public broadcasting Public choice theory Public company Public debate Public defender Public domain Public editor

Public figure Public finance Public good Public health Public house Public inquiry Public interest Public Ivy Public-key cryptography Public law Public lecture

Public library Public nudity Public opinion Public option Public ownership Public park Public policy Public relations Public road Public safety

Public school (UK) Public school (government funded) Public sector Public services Public space Public speaking Public sphere Public transport Public university Public utility more...

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