Local democracy, civic engagement and community

From New Labour to the Big Society

von Hugh Atkinson

194 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This accessible book is about local democracy, civic engagement, political participation and community in Britain. It rejects the many pessimistic accounts that seek to dominate our political discourse with their talk of political apathy, community breakdown and selfish individualismThe book 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. It includes an analysis of local democracy, civic engagement and participation across a range of policy areas and in the context of debates around accountability, legitimacy, sustainability, localism and the 'big society'.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Politik und Staat Kommunal- und Regionalverwaltung
• ISBN: 9781526117014
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.2017
• Größe: 234 x 156 mm
• Verlag: Manchester University Press