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Publics, politics and power : remaking the public in public services / Janet Newman and John Clarke.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Los Angeles : Sage, 2009.Description: viii, 221 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781412948449 (cased)
  • 1412948444 (cased)
  • 1412948452 (pbk.)
  • 9781412948456 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 361 22
LOC classification:
  • HN28 .N49 2009
Contents:
1. Contesting publicness: decline and proliferation -- 2. Re-assembling the nation: difference, diversity and 'the people' -- 3. Displacing the public: recruiting 'ordinary people' -- 4. Making (up) markets: discourses, devices and agents -- 5. Blurring boundaries: private authority and public governance -- 6. Valuing publics? The dilemmas of public work -- 7. Engaging publics: participation and power -- 8. Remaking citizens: transformation and activation -- 9. Conclusion: a politics of the public? -- Postscript (October 2008).
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General Collection Main Campus Library General Stacks HN 28 .N49 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 20094771

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Contesting publicness: decline and proliferation -- 2. Re-assembling the nation: difference, diversity and 'the people' -- 3. Displacing the public: recruiting 'ordinary people' -- 4. Making (up) markets: discourses, devices and agents -- 5. Blurring boundaries: private authority and public governance -- 6. Valuing publics? The dilemmas of public work -- 7. Engaging publics: participation and power -- 8. Remaking citizens: transformation and activation -- 9. Conclusion: a politics of the public? -- Postscript (October 2008).

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