The involving public sector
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12848264 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Janet Newman (0000-0003-2666-3219, The Open University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 331-341 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Distinktion Journal of Social Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1600-910X • E-ISSN: 2159-9149 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1600910x.2011.619929 |
| OpenAlex | W2016066395 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
This article addresses the evolution of the idea of the involving public sector, and traces its relationship to earlier discourses of participation and choice. It asks whether we should consider the developing discourse of involvement as something that offers a progressive move towards citizen empowerment and social justice, or whether instead it marks a neo-liberal turn towards a smaller state and greater citizen responsibility. In responding to this question the article argues that the political and public implications of the involving public sector depend crucially on three key factors: first, the organizational engagement with ‘innovation’; second, the ways in which ideas and norms of involvement are translated by particular professionals and organizations; and third, the ways in which they become inscribed in particular political projects in different nation states, regions and localities
Economic Justice · Empowerment · Inscribed figure · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Public sector · Sociology · State (computer science · Community Development and Social Impact · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Public Administration
Creating Citizen-Consumers
The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis
Co-production, the third sector and the delivery of public services
Power, participation and political renewal
Participation, Responsibility and Choice
Constituting ‘the public’ in public participation
Publics, Politics and Power
The Marketization of the Nonprofit Sector
Discriminating Customers, Responsible Patients, Empowered Users
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |