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David A. Mcdonald

Meanings of Public and the Future of Public Services

Sprachen: Englisch. 23,4 cm / 15,6 cm / 0,9 cm ( B/H/T )
EAN 9781032274799
67,70 €
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170 Seiten
Mai 2024
Routledge

Critically assessing meanings of the term 'public', this book situates the emergence and expansion of 'public services' within market-based forms of production and consumption.

David A. McDonald is Professor of Global Development Studies at Queen's University, Canada, and Director of the Municipal Services Project.

Chapter One: What's Public about Public Services?, PART ONE: LIMITS, Chapter Two: Our Bourgeois Public Sphere, Chapter Three: The Curse of the Continuum, PART TWO: POSSIBILITIES, Chapter Four: Redefining Public Services, Chapter Five: Within, Against and Beyond the State, Chapter Six: Measuring Success, Chapter Seven: Building a Global Pro-Public Movement, Appendix: Global Manifesto for Public Services