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04530aam a2200457 i 4500 001 BB768238F5D411E7B33F7C0497128E48 003 SILO 005 20180110010212 008 140512s2014 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014018693 020 $a 1137351624 020 $a 9781137351623 035 $a (OCoLC)870285597 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d BDX $d YDXCP $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a JC337 $b .M256 2014 082 00 $a 300 $2 23 084 $a POL029000 $a POL007000 $a POL009000 $a POL017000 $a POL029000 $2 bisacsh 245 00 $a Manufacturing civil society : $b principles, practices and effects / $c edited by Taco Brandsen, Professor of Comparative Public Administration, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, Willem Trommel, Professor of Public Policy and Governance, Faculty of Social Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Bram Verschuere, Assistant Professor of Public Management, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Ghent, Belgium. 264 1 $a Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2014. 300 $a xiv, 224 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Governance and public management series 520 $a "Faced with declining social cohesion, more and more governments are trying to revitalise society by attempting to reconstruct local communities, civil society and citizenship. One way to do this is to share public responsibilities with organized citizens and third sector organisations. As a result, relationships with citizens, communities and third sector organisations are increasingly brought within the realm of public management, subject to accountability procedures, embedded in hierarchical structures, included in arenas for competition and contracting. This volume examines the emergence of this new type of governance, exploring the dynamics, effectiveness and appropriateness of this governmental response to the fragmentation of modern social life. "-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 8 $a Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Manufacturing Civil Society: An Introduction -- 2. 'You're either with us or against us': Manufacturing Civility in the Netherlands -- 3. Diversity and Ambiguity in the English Third Sector: Responding to Contracts and Competition in Public Services Delivery -- 4. How Viable is the Big Society? Perceptions from Environmental NGOs in the UK -- 5. Civil Society Organisations as a Government Steering Mechanism: A Comparison between Sport Associations and Patient Organisations in the Netherlands -- 6. New forms of Dependency in Central and Eastern Europe? Reflections on the State-third Sector Relations in Public Service Provision in Post-Communist Countries -- 7. New challenges for the Cooperation between Civil Society and Public Sector -- The Federal Volunteer Service in Germany -- 8. Public Governance of Welfare Services in Italy -- 9. The Autonomy of Organized Civil Society in Strategic Policy Decision Making: A Resource Dependence Perspective -- 10. Controlling or Empowering Non-Profit Organizations?: Dimensions of Accountability in Singapore -- 11. Active Citizenship: From Panacea to Political Program. In Search of an Appealing Narrative. 650 0 $a Civil society $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Public administration $x Citizen participation $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Political planning $x Citizen participation $v Case studies. 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Comparative. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy. $2 bisacsh 700 1 $a Brandsen, Taco, $e editor. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2005004280 700 1 $a Trommel, Willem Adriaan, $d 1959- $e editor. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98055586 700 1 $a Verschuere, Bram, $d 1977- $e editor. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2011039498 830 0 $a Governance and public management series. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008109032 856 42 $3 Cover image $u http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/623/9781137351623/image/lgcover.9781137351623.jpg 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210023758.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BB768238F5D411E7B33F7C0497128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search