Edwards, Jason (2012) Freedom, free institutions, and the Big Society. In: Edwards, Jason (ed.) Retrieving the Big Society. Oxford, UK: Wiley Blackwell. ISBN 9781118368787.
Abstract
Book synopsis: Retrieving the Big Society presents a collection of essays that challenge the view of Britain’s Big Society as a political gimmick and recognise it as an alternative to the central state in social and economic governance. Offers an original and critical take on the idea of the Big Society Attempts to make sense of the Big Society by placing in the context of the history of localism, mutualism, and voluntarism Features contributions by experts on British politics and political theory
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
Research Centres and Institutes: | Contemporary Literature, Centre for, Birkbeck Centre for British Political Life |
Depositing User: | Sarah Hall |
Date Deposited: | 22 Oct 2013 08:28 |
Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:08 |
URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/8584 |
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