The History of the Public/Private Distinction

Everyday Legitimacy in Post-Conflict Spaces: The Creation of Social Legitimacy in Bosnia-Herzegovina's Cultural Arenas

“…These dynamics are particularly relevant in an era in which the public/private division has been challenged (see, for instance, Horwitz, 1982 andBoyd, 1997). In this context, Weintraub (1997) points to the differing meanings of 'private' vs. 'public' a well as the arbitrariness of boundary-drawing between the two categories.…”

“…Indeed Horwitz (1982Horwitz ( , 1424 reminds us that generally the market serves as a legitimizing institution of the public sphere. Specifically referring to BiH, Pugh (2002) shows how public space has become privatized, mainly by business elites who managed to instrumentalise post-war peacebuilding for their own benefits, drawing on clientelist networks to ensure their access to the "spoils of peace".…”

Bringing them into the tent – student association and the neutered academy

“…The separation between private and public corporations (Trustees of Dartmouth College v Woodward 1819) coincided with the rising influence of classical contract theory (Horwitz 1982(Horwitz , 1425 and the corporate form prioritises the shareholder, reflecting the 'nexus of contracts' model of the corporation (Bratton 1988).…”

Quasi-Governmental Organizations at the Local Level: Publicly-Appointed Directors Leading Nonprofit Organizations

“…The American tradition, broadly speaking, tends to distribute formal organizations into public and private sectors, with the private sector commonly subdivided into for-profit and nonprofit spheres (Williams and Taylor 2013;Mendel 2009;Stone and Ostrower 2007;Friendly 1982;Horwitz 1982). Although this divide is better described as a spectrum, the idea of sectors is found across a variety of perspectives, including dichotomous legal rules, different management norms and practices, and socially-assigned significance (Rainey and Bozeman 2000).…”