00000cam a22000004a 4500 UP-1685675941123850376 Buklod 20110219152958.0 aa rb |||1 u| ta 080522s2009 cau rb |001 0|eng d 9781412948449 9781412948456 (pbk) (iLib)UPTAC-00007686600 FnJ de Jesus Inc. PhP3,739.00 DLC UPVTC eng JN 1121 N49 2009 Newman, Janet 1945- Publics, politics, and power remaking the public in public services Janet Newman and John Clarke. Publics, politics & power Los Angeles Sage 2009. viii, 221 p. 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-214) and index. Contents. Preface. Introduction. -- 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). Bibliography. Index. Political participation Great Britain. Great Britain Politics and government. Clarke, John 1950-. FO UPTAC UPTAC JN 1121 N49 2009 Book