| A Different Kind of State?: Popular Power and Democratic Administration Contributor(s): Albo, Greg (Editor), Langille, David (Editor), Panitch, Leo (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0195409078 ISBN-13: 9780195409079 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $32.54 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1993 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: A large factor in the appeal of neo-conservative in the early 1980s was its sustained attack on the welfare state. Even those most dependent on public services were frustrated by a system that allowed them no say in decisions directly affecting their lives. A decade later, the alternative offered by the new right-free market competition-has only deepened the need for effective state assistance. The solution must lie not in privatizing the public sector, but in making it more responsive; the real issue is not more state or less state, but rather a different kind of state. The twenty contributors to this book share the experiences they have gained in various contemporary political experiments and popular movements, in Canada, Great Britain, and the United States, that have attempted to expand citizen involvement and democratic administrative practices within the public sector. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Political Science | Civil Rights - Political Science | Public Policy - General |
| Dewey: 323.042 |
| LCCN: 93168437 |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6" W x 9" (0.76 lbs) 256 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This book introduces the possibilities of reforming the government in order to enhance public participation, improve program design and service delivery, and ensure a better working environment within the public sector. In examining the policies of Canada, Great Britain, and the United States, the book reflects the array of social forces needed in order to create a different kind of state |