Decline of the public : the hollowing-out of citizenship /
Marquand, David,
Decline of the public : the hollowing-out of citizenship / David Marquand. - vi, 168 pages ; 22 cm
Economical with the Actualite -- The Public Conscience -- Troubled Zenith -- Kulturkampf -- Counter-Attack. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
"David Marquand traces the growth of the public domain from Gladstone to Attlee, analyses the forces that began to undermine it in its post-war heyday and exposes the campaign that the Thatcher and Blair governments have waged against it. He ends with a call for a counter-attack, based on a restatement of the civic ideal in a twenty-first-century idiom." "This book will appeal to all those who take an interest in current political events as well as those studying politics and social policy."--BOOK JACKET. "David Marquand traces the growth of the public domain from Gladstone to Attlee, analyses the forces that began to undermine it in its post-war heyday and exposes the campaign that the Thatcher and Blair governments have waged against it. He ends with a call for a counter-attack, based on a restatement of the civic ideal in a twenty-first century idiom." "This book will appeal to all those who take an interest in current political events as well as those studying politics and social policy."--BOOK JACKET.
0745629091 9780745629094 0745629105 9780745629100
Citizenship--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Public administration--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Privatization--Great Britain
Great Britain--Social policy--1979-
Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-
323.6094109045
Decline of the public : the hollowing-out of citizenship / David Marquand. - vi, 168 pages ; 22 cm
Economical with the Actualite -- The Public Conscience -- Troubled Zenith -- Kulturkampf -- Counter-Attack. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
"David Marquand traces the growth of the public domain from Gladstone to Attlee, analyses the forces that began to undermine it in its post-war heyday and exposes the campaign that the Thatcher and Blair governments have waged against it. He ends with a call for a counter-attack, based on a restatement of the civic ideal in a twenty-first-century idiom." "This book will appeal to all those who take an interest in current political events as well as those studying politics and social policy."--BOOK JACKET. "David Marquand traces the growth of the public domain from Gladstone to Attlee, analyses the forces that began to undermine it in its post-war heyday and exposes the campaign that the Thatcher and Blair governments have waged against it. He ends with a call for a counter-attack, based on a restatement of the civic ideal in a twenty-first century idiom." "This book will appeal to all those who take an interest in current political events as well as those studying politics and social policy."--BOOK JACKET.
0745629091 9780745629094 0745629105 9780745629100
Citizenship--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Public administration--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Privatization--Great Britain
Great Britain--Social policy--1979-
Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-
323.6094109045