Taking power back: Putting People in Charge of Politics

Parker, Simon

ISBN 10: 1447326873 / ISBN 13: 9781447326878

Verlag: Policy Press, 2015

The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GOR008600670

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One of the key issues of our time is the question of where power and governance should lie. Should they be centrally controlled, drawing on efficiencies of scale and gathered knowledge? Or should they be more locally distributed, so that they more closely represent the actual needs of people and communities? In Taking Power Back, Simon Parker makes a powerful case for the latter: centralization, he argues, has been largely a failure, breeding distrust among citizens—who, he shows, are beginning to take matters into their own hands. Offering policy recommendations and practical suggestions, Parker argues for a new kind of politics, one that can fully unleash society’s creative potential.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Simon Parker is a leading voice on decentralisation and democracy. As director of the local government think tank NLGN, he has worked alongside many of the UK's leading councils to inspire new approaches to urban governance and public service delivery. He started his career as a journalist at the Guardian and has since held senior positions at Demos and the Institute for Government He is nationally recognised as an expert on local government and decentralisation and his work has been described as 'making public policy fun'.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Taking power back: Putting People in Charge ...
Verlag: Policy Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Good