Study of the public sphere: Bernhard Peters' interest and contribution / H. Wessler & L. Wingert
Pt 1: Public sphere and public discourse: basic concepts and questions
Law, state and the political public sphere / B.Peters
The meaning of the public sphere / B. Peters
On public deliberation and public culture: B.Peters
Pt 2: Forms and functions of public deliberation
Functional capacity / B.Peters
Contemporary journalism and its contribution to a discursive public sphere / B. Peters, T. Schultz & A. Wimmel
"Red Biotechnology" in media debate / B.Peters, H.Wessler, M.Ecker-Ehrhardt, C.Dereje & M.Sindram
Pt 3: Transnationalisation and democratic legitimacy
National and transnational public spheres / B. Peters
Segmented Europeanisation. trends and patterns in the transnationalisation of public spheres in Europe / M. Bruggemann, S. Sifft, K. Kleinen-von Konigslow, B. Peters & A. Wimmel
Public discourse, identity and the problem of democratic legitimacy / B. Peters