TY - JOUR
T1 - Power, Participation and Political Renewal: Theoretical Perspectives on Public Participation under New Labour in Britain
AU - Barnes, Marian
AU - Newman, Janet
AU - Sullivan, Helen
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - This article discusses the contribution of a study of public participation in two English cities to the theorization of the relationship between policy context and local action, the conceptualization of "publics" who get involved, and the micropolitics of deliberation within participative forums. It addresses these issues within the particular context provided by the discourses of the New Labour government in the United Kingdom but relates this to broader theorization of the way institutional rules and norms shape access, agenda setting, and modes of deliberation, of the mobilization of collective action within social movements, and of the relationship between styles of exchange and the legitimation of contributions to a process of citizen/official dialogue.
AB - This article discusses the contribution of a study of public participation in two English cities to the theorization of the relationship between policy context and local action, the conceptualization of "publics" who get involved, and the micropolitics of deliberation within participative forums. It addresses these issues within the particular context provided by the discourses of the New Labour government in the United Kingdom but relates this to broader theorization of the way institutional rules and norms shape access, agenda setting, and modes of deliberation, of the mobilization of collective action within social movements, and of the relationship between styles of exchange and the legitimation of contributions to a process of citizen/official dialogue.
U2 - 10.1093/sp/jxh034
DO - 10.1093/sp/jxh034
M3 - Article
VL - 11
SP - 267
EP - 279
JO - Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society
JF - Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society
IS - 2
ER -