Acknowledgments

Introduction: Reconfigurations of the Public Sphere

Robert Asen

Daniel C. Brouwer

Part I. Conflicted Encounters

Prisoners of Conscience and the Counterpublic Sphere of Prison Writing: The Stones that Start the Avalanche

Gerard A. Hauser

In the Name of Reconciliation: The Faith and Works of Counterpublicity

Erik Doxtader

ACT-ing UP in Congressional Hearings

Daniel C. Brouwer

The Black Press and the State: Attracting Unwanted (?) Attention

Catherine Squires

Representing the State in South Central Los Angeles

Robert Asen

Part II. New Communication Technologies and Globalization

Cyber-movements, New Social Movements, and Counterpublics

Catherine Helen Palczewski

Crafting a Virtual Counterpublic: Right-to-Die Advocates on the Internet

Todd F. McDorman

A Structural Transformation for a Global Public Sphere? The Use of New Communication Technologies by Nongovernmental Organizations and the United Nations

Marie A. Mater

Doing Away with Suharto---and the Twin Myths of Globalization and New Social Movements

Dana L. Cloud

Contributors

Index