Local Democracy, Civic Engagement and Community - From New Labour to the Big Society

Informationen zum Autor Hugh Atkinson is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy at London South Bank University Klappentext Focuses on local democratic politics in Britain over the last decade and a half from the election of the New Labour Government right up to the current Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition government. Zusammenfassung Focuses on local democratic politics in Britain over the last decade and a half from the election of the New Labour Government right up to the current Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition government. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1 The theoretical context2 Civic engagement and political participation: debates and evidence3 The challenge of local democracy, civic engagement and community: an agenda for change4 Local democracy at the formal level5 Opening up local democracy beyond the formal realm6 Local services, community and civic engagement7 Regeneration and sustainabilityConclusionBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Hugh Atkinson, Atkinson Hugh
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2012
• EAN: 9780719079115
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-7911-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Political structures: democracy, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Regional Government Policies, Regional, state and other local government policies, Political structures / systems: democracy