Discursive democracy and new labour: Five ways in which decision-makers manage citizen agendas in public participation initiatives

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1-17

  Williams, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizen Centred; Civil Society; Deliberative Democracy; Discursive Democracy; Governance; Modernisation Agenda; New Labour; Partnership; Public Participation; User Involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444404037     PISSN: 13607804     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.949     Document Type: Article

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