| Publics, Politics and Power: Remaking the Public in Public Services Contributor(s): Newman, Janet E. (Author), Clarke, John H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1412948452 ISBN-13: 9781412948456 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $63.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: Publics, Politics and Power explores the emergence of new forms, sites, and practices of publicness and the implications for public services. It examines the remaking of the public in the context of new formations of the nation, where issues of migration, diversity, and faith challenge traditional forms of solidarity and citizenship. It traces the emergence of hybrid organizational forms and new strategies for governing publics and public services. It suggests some of the ways in which the public domain is being recast around notions of civil society, community, and populist participatory politics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science |
| Dewey: 361 |
| LCCN: 2008929610 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.6" W x 9.4" (0.90 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Publics, Politics and Power explores the emergence of new forms, sites, and practices of publicness and the implications for public services. It examines the remaking of the public in the context of new formations of the nation, where issues of migration, diversity, and faith challenge traditional forms of solidarity and citizenship. It traces the emergence of hybrid organizational forms and new strategies for governing publics and public services. It suggests some of the ways in which the public domain is being recast around notions of civil society, community, and populist participatory politics. |
Contributor Bio(s): Newman, Janet E.: - Author/Editor Description: Janet Newman is Senior Lecturer in the School of Public Policy, University of Birmingham. She is co-author of 'The Managerial State' (with J Clarke, SAGE 97), author of 'Shaping Organisational Cultures in Local Government' (96), and co-editor of 'Gender, Culture and Organisational Change (with C Itzin, eds, 95). |
