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The antagonisms of choice : New Labour and the reform of public services
— [Choice or voice? The impact of consumerism on public services] | | Author(s) | John Clarke, Janet Newman, Louise Westmarland |
| Journal title | Social Policy & Society, vol 7, pt 2, April 2008 |
| Pages | pp 245-254 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/sps |
| Keywords | Services ; Reorganisation ; Consumer choice ; Social policy ; Labour. |
| Annotation | Choice has emerged as a key idea for the reform of public services in the UK and internationally. This paper explores three sets of problems in the analysis of choice in public policy. First, at what level should we be studying choice (specific mechanisms, national politics, transnational processes and travelling ideas)? Second, what sorts of tendencies, forces and discourses are being mobilised through the politics of choice? Third, the 'antagonisms of choice' are examined: exploring the different and possibly divergent political conflicts that surround choice in public policy. Three types of antagonism are examined: around inequalities, power and publicness. This article is one of six in a themed section, 'Choice or voice? The impact of consumerism on public services' in this issue of Social Policy & Society. (KJ). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080819225 A |
| Classmark | I: 5SR: WYC: TM2: VL3 |
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