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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Davies, Celia. Citizens at the centre. Clifton, Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2006 (OCoLC)607865178 Online version: Davies, Celia. Citizens at the centre. Clifton, Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2006 (OCoLC)607918867 |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Celia Davies; Margaret Wetherell; Elizabeth Barnett |
ISBN: | 9781861348036 1861348037 9781861348029 1861348029 |
OCLC Number: | 71289659 |
Description: | vii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | 1. rise and rise of participation -- 2. Deliberation : towards an understanding of practice -- 3. Setting up a citizens council -- 4. Doing deliberation : the first citizens council meeting -- 5. Better by design? : subsequent citizens councils -- 6. Power, discursive styles and identities -- 7. Reactions, reflections and reworkings -- 8. Reframing citizen deliberation -- 9. New directions for policy and practice -- App. 1. Study design and methods -- App. 2. Members of the citizens council, 2002-05 -- App. 3. Detailed agenda for the four citizens council meetings -- App. 4. National institute for clinical excellence : background and developments -- App. 5. Key data sources. |
Responsibility: | Celia Davies, Margaret Wetherell, and Elizabeth Barnett. |
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Abstract:
Involving citizens in policy decision-making has been a central goal of the Labour government since it came to power. But what happens when the public are drawn into debate with unfamiliar others in the unknown world of policy making at national level? This book sets out to understand the contribution that citizens can realistically make.
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"An engagingly written book that offers a detailed and thoughtful analysis of an innovative experiment in citizen participation in healthcare decision-making. This timely study raises a host of significant challenges for democratic theorists and practitioners alike." Graham Smith, Professor of Politics, School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton, UK Read more...
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