Celia Davies & Margaret Wetherell 
Citizens at the centre [PDF ebook] 
Deliberative participation in healthcare decisions

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Involving citizens in policy decision-making processes – deliberative democracy – has been a central goal of the Labour government since it came to power in 1997. But what happens when members of the public are drawn into unfamiliar debate, with unfamiliar others, in the unfamiliar world of policy making at national level? This book sets out to understand the contribution that citizens can realistically be expected to make. Drawing on the lessons from an ethnographic study of a public involvement initiative in the health service – the Citizens Council of NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) – the book explores the practical realities behind the much-quoted faith in ‘deliberation’ that underpins so many models of public involvement and presents the analysis of sixty four hours of video and audiotape capturing a warts-and-all picture of deliberation in action. It sets deliberative participatory initiatives within a broad inter-disciplinary context and challenges politicians, policy-makers and academics to develop more realistic approaches to democratic innovation. Citizens at the centre will be of interest to academics and students in social policy, sociology, politics, health, social care, economics, and public administration and management. It will also be valuable to anyone involved in the policy making process, not only in the UK, but also in Europe, the USA and other countries where deliberative democracy is being implemented or discussed.

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Celia Davies is currently Director of the Research for Patient Benefit Programme, National Institute for Health Research, and Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science Margaret Wetherell is Professor of Social Psychology at The Open University Elizabeth Barnett is ex-Research Fellow in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University, now retraining in psychotherapy.

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Langue Anglais ● Format PDF ● Pages 304 ● ISBN 9781847421678 ● Taille du fichier 5.0 MB ● Maison d’édition Policy Press ● Publié 2006 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 2530446 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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