In a time of global political ferment, established ideas are coming under renewed scrutiny. Chief among them is one of the dominant notions of our era: that we

Much political thinking assumes a distinction between the public and the private. It is, for instance, widely held, that the state may address human action in t

Who and what a government taxes, and how the government spends the money collected, are questions of primary concern to governments large and small, national an

This book asks how we can reclaim the university for the public good. The editors and contributors argue that the sector is in crisis, accelerated by the passin

The public good is not merely an economic idea of goods and services, but a place where thoughtful debate and examination of the polis can occur. In differentia