Power, participation and political renewal: Theoretical and empirical perspectives on public participation under New Labour

Barnes, Marian; Newman, Janet and Sullivan, Helen (2004). Power, participation and political renewal: Theoretical and empirical perspectives on public participation under New Labour. Social Politics, 11(2) pp. 267–279.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxh034

Abstract

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.

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