Janet Newman (ed.)

Remaking Governance

Peoples, Politics and the Public Sphere
Herausgeber: Newman, Janet

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

There has been an explosion of new forms of governance as societies adapt to economic, social and political change. This book is about how to make sense of the shifts between states and citizens as these new forms of governance become embedded across Europe. It highlights the dynamics of the social, cultural and institutional practices involved in remaking governance. The authors critically engage with existing theory across political science, social policy, sociology and public administration and management. Remaking Governance focuses on the dynamics of change as new strategiesactive citizenship, public participation, partnership working, consumerismencounter existing institutions. It explores different sites and practices of governing, from the remaking of Europe to the increasing focus on community and personhood in governing social life, and it explains how the remaking of governance shapes our understanding of politics, changing the ways in which citizens engage with political

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bristol University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781861346407
• ISBN-10: 1861346409
• Artikelnr.: 24997566

Autorenporträt

Janet Newman is Professor of Social Policy at the Open University. Her previous book, Modernising Governance: New Labour, Policy and Society, is a key text on undergraduate and masters programmes across Europe, Australasia and North America.