Changing local governance, changing citizens. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Catherine Durose, Stephen Greasley and Liz Richardson.
• Other Names: Durose, Catherine; Greasley, Stephen, 1973-; Richardson, Liz
• Contents: Cover -- Changing local governance, changing citizens -- Contents -- List of boxes and tables -- Acronyms -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Changing local governance, changing citizens: introduction -- Introduction -- Changing language, changing practice? -- The practice of citizenship -- Changing local governance -- The missing citizen -- Renegotiating citizenship? -- The structure and key arguments of this book -- 2. Citizen governance: where it came from, where it8217;s going -- Introduction -- The origins of the reform agenda -- Citizen participation since the 1970s -- New public management and citizen voice -- Labour in power since 1997 -- The contribution of citizen governance to democracy -- Conclusion -- 3. 8216;Neighbourhood8217;: a site for policy action, governance 8230; and empowerment? -- Introduction -- What is neighbourhood-based working? -- Typologising 8216;neighbourhood8217; under New Labour -- Shifting rationales for neighbourhood policy under New Labour -- Does neighbourhood working empower citizens? -- Does the lack of a 8216;civic8217; rationale matter? -- A 8216;civic8217; rationale for neighbourhood working is critical -- Conclusion -- 4. Urban housing market restructuring and the recasting of neighbourhood governance and community -- Introduction -- Housing Market Renewal in Manchester: the strategic rationales -- Urban housing market restructuring versus community aspirations -- Conclusion -- 5. Citizen aspirations: women, ethnicity and housing -- Introduction -- Understanding what people want -- Minority ethnic needs as different from the 8216;mainstream8217; -- Housing aspirations of the 8216;new generation8217; -- Aspirations and ethnically mixed neighbourhoods -- Helping citizens achieve their aspirations -- How local governance can help create the 8216;right8217; mix -- Conclusion -- 6. Can we promote cohesion through contact? Intergroup contact and the development of community cohesion -- Introduction -- The concept of community cohesion -- Contact: a theoretical overview -- Contact and community cohesion -- Conclusion -- 7. New migrants, citizenship and local governance: 8216;Poles8217; apart? -- Introduction -- Globalisation, citizenship and local governance -- New migrants as locally engaged, cosmopolitan citizens? -- Policy and new migrants -- Research and methods -- Challenges to the inclusion of new migrants -- Community cohesion and the social inclusion of new migrants -- Local governance and place shaping -- Conclusion -- 8. Citizens of faith in governance: opportunities, rationales and challenges -- Introduction -- New opportunities for faith participation -- Implications of faith engagement for local governance -- Conclusion -- 9. Citizens8217; reflections on behaviour change policies -- Introduction -- The governance of public behaviour -- Behaviour change in practice -- Governance change and behaviour change -- Conclusion -- 10. Every child8217;s voice matters? -- Introduction -- Children8217;s services reform and children8217;s participation -- Analysing the framework for reform -- Children8217;s participation: local policy and practice -- Conclusion -- 11. e-citizenship: reconstructing the public online -- Introduction -- Three dimens.
• Publisher Details: Bristol, UK Portland, OR : Policy Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxii, 231 pages)
• Subjects: 352.3/67214; Local government -- Great Britain; Political participation -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 21st century; Political Science; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- General; Local government; Political participation; Politics and government; Gemeindeverwaltung; Kommunalpolitik; Politische Beteiligung; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 21st century; Great Britain; Großbritannien; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847422194; 1847422195; 1282562274; 9781282562271
• Related ISBNs: 9781847422187; 1847422187; 9781847422170; 1847422179
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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