Power, Participation and Political Renewal: Case Studies in Public Participation

by Helen Sullivan, Marian Barnes, Janet E. Newman, et al.

Book Overview

Public participation is central to a wide range of current public policies - not only in the UK, but elsewhere in the developed and the developing world. There are substantial aspirations for what enhanced participation can achieve. This book offers a critical examination of both the discourse and practice of participation in order to understand the significance of this explosion in participatory forums, and the extent to which such practices represent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861346670
• ISBN13: 9781861346674
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"