PhD Series. Issue 2: Institutional Analysis of Sustainable Infrastructure Development

Author: Wang Weiguo
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Features: This book first examines the history of modern Western political philosophy and proposes and argues that the concept of publicness in modern Western society is a negative concept of publicness. It asserts that the government should strictly play the role of a "night watchman," ensuring that the rights of the general public are not interfered with by the government or others. Secondly, it proposes and argues that by the 20th century, in modern society, the previously dominant negative concept of publicness has shifted to a negative stance advocating that the government should actively use public rights or public resources to protect the rights of the general public, leading to the erosion of publicness by self-interest and creating the publicness dilemma of modern governments. Thirdly, it explores the valuable insights provided by communitarianism in analyzing the roots of the publicness dilemma. Finally, based on adhering to Marxist urban theory, it proposes and argues that reshaping the public professional spirit and rebuilding the public professional culture are an indispensable aspect of solving the publicness dilemma of modern governments.