C. Needham

The Reform of Public Services Under New Labour (eBook, PDF)

Narratives of Consumerism

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on interviews conducted by the author with politicians, bureaucrats and citizens, alongside content analysis of government documents, the book explains how New Labour has consumerized public services and contributed to the anti-politics that it previously decried.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230593169
• Artikelnr.: 38179104

Autorenporträt

CATHERINE NEEDHAM is a Lecturer in Politics at Queen Mary, University of London, UK. She is the author of Citizen-Consumers: New Labour's Marketplace Democracy (2003).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Citizens and Consumers Public Service Reform: Narratives and Regimes A Consumerist Citizenship Regime Public Services before New Labour: The Path to Consumerism The Context of Public Service Reform under New Labour: Marketising the Welfare State Tony Blair: Consumerism and Community The Consumer in Whitehall Local Government: The Customer in the Community The Citizen Perspective Conclusion: Coproducing Public Services