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Papers presented at an international conference on The Public Sphere in Free Market Societies, held in Manchester, England, January 1993, are organized into three major sections: politics and the public sphere in free market societies; from public service to private provision redrawing the boundaries; and the experience of the public sphere. Among the specific papers: The public sector under siege, by Francis Fox Piven; The end of work public and private livelihood in post-employment capitalism, by Elliott Currie; and Bodily experience in public space, by Richard Sennett. Extensive bibliography. No index. Distributed by Ashgate. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.