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Changing local governance, changing citizens /

This work explains what debates about local governance mean for local people. The book explores governance and citizenship in relation to multiculturalism, economic migration, housing markets, neighbourhoods, and e-democracy in order to establish a contemporary view of the ways that citizens are con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Durose, Catherine, Greasley, Stephen, 1973-, Richardson, Liz
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : Policy Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.