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010 _a2012015778
020 _a9781118368787
082 _a320.942 EDW
100 _aEdwards, Jason
110 _aPolitical Quarterly
245 1 0 _aRetrieving the big society
_cedited by Jason Edwards
_htext
260 _aChichester
_bWiley-Blackwell, in association with The Political Quarterly
_c2012
300 _a187p. Pbk
500 _a<p>Includes bibliographical references and index.</p>
505 _aIntroduction: retrieving the big society -- The big society in question -- Red or orange: the big society in the new conservatism -- Cameron, culture and the creative class: the big society and the post-bureaucratic age -- Big societies, little platoons and the problems with pluralism -- Servile state or discredited state: some historical antecedents of current big society debates -- Tocqueville and the big society -- The big society and conservative politics: back to the future or forward to the past? -- Freedom, free institutions and the big society -- From Burke to Burkha: conservatism, multiculturalism and the big society -- The big society: post-bureaucratic social policy in the twenty-first century? -- Free schools: big society or small interests? -- The big society and the mutualisation of public services -- Beginning the big society in the early years.
650 _aGreat Britain - Politics and government
650 _aBig Society
999 _c110280
_d110280