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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (273 Seiten) , Illustrationen, Diagramme

ISBN: 9783111013404 , 9783111014142

Series Statement: Current topics in library and information practice

Content: What is the public sphere, how is it best described, and what role does it play in modern life? These questions have attracted considerable attention within library and information science circles over several decades, especially regarding public libraries. Circulation of Power contributes to this discussion by proposing a new research framework and new methods for analyzing public sphere communication. Using extensive data gathered from an urban public library infrastructure, this historical case study demonstrates how public sphere communication shaped the infrastructure’s development over time, producing both changes and continuities across the case’s nine periods. Two new conceptual tools—circuits and decisions cycles—form the study’s research framework, and a new explanatory theory—RLCr, or "Releaser," theory—accounts for why the infrastructure developed as it did. Consideration of competing theories reveals that public sphere communication remains the best explanation for infrastructural development. This book’s meticulous historical narrative of the greater Pittsburgh case, supplemented by its groundbreaking theory and innovative mixed methods design, is of interest to practitioners, academics, and general readers alike

Additional Edition: ISBN 9783111012254

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Widdersheim, Michael M.. Circulation of power Berlin : De Gruyter Saur, 2023 ISBN 9783111012254

Additional Edition: ISBN 3111012255

Language: English

Keywords: Pittsburgh, Pa. ; Pittsburgh, Pa. ; Öffentliche Bibliothek ; Infrastruktur ; Geschichte 1924-2016 ; Pittsburgh, Pa. ; Bibliothek ; Infrastruktur

DOI: 10.1515/9783111013404

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Format: 273 Seiten , Illustrationen , 23.5 cm x 15.5 cm, 534 g

Edition: 1

ISBN: 9783111012254 , 3111012255

Series Statement: Current Topics in Library and Information Practice

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Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource (VII, 270 p.)

ISBN: 9783111013404

Series Statement: Current Topics in Library and Information Practice ,

Content: What is the public sphere, how is it best described, and what role does it play in modern life? These questions have attracted considerable attention within library and information science circles over several decades, especially regarding public libraries. Circulation of Power contributes to this discussion by proposing a new research framework and new methods for analyzing public sphere communication. Using extensive data gathered from an urban public library infrastructure, this historical case study demonstrates how public sphere communication shaped the infrastructure’s development over time, producing both changes and continuities across the case’s nine periods. Two new conceptual tools—circuits and decisions cycles—form the study’s research framework, and a new explanatory theory—RLCr, or "Releaser," theory—accounts for why the infrastructure developed as it did. Consideration of competing theories reveals that public sphere communication remains the best explanation for infrastructural development. This book’s meticulous historical narrative of the greater Pittsburgh case, supplemented by its groundbreaking theory and innovative mixed methods design, is of interest to practitioners, academics, and general readers alike.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Acknowledgements -- , Contents -- , Preface -- , Introduction -- , Period 1: Periphery and Center, 1924 – 1945 -- , Period 2: County Contract, 1945– 1961 -- , Period 3: The Rise of District Services, 1961 – 1970 -- , Period 4: Federation Revisited, 1970 – 1979 -- , Period 5: Fiscal Crises and Digital Visions, 1980 – 1993 -- , Period 6: The Pursuit of RAD, 1993 –1994 -- , Period 7: System Dreams, 1994 – 1997 -- , Period 8: Formula Wars, 1998 – 2011 -- , Period 9: Compliance Culture, 2011 – 2016 -- , Conclusion -- , Bibliography -- , List of Figures -- , List of Tables -- , List of Archives Consulted -- , List of Acronyms -- , Index , Issued also in print. , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 9783111014142

Additional Edition: ISBN 9783111012254

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9783111013404

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111013404

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783111013404