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Active citizenship and effective public services and programmes: how can we know what really works?

Active citizenship and effective public services and programmes: how can we know what really works?
Active citizenship and effective public services and programmes: how can we know what really works?
This paper is a review of the aims and practice of active citizenship in England. It sets out the key concepts and gives an account of the developing policy agenda in crime, regeneration and housing, education, health and local government. It reviews the current state of scientific knowledge in this area, in particular summarising research commissioned by the Home Office Civil Renewal Research Programme, 2004-05. Whilst the research findings show the positive contribution of government initiatives in this area, a key theme that emerges is that the policy context and the causal relationships are often more complex than advocates sometimes claim.
housing, urban & social geography, urban planning, urban policy, urban sociology, urban studies
0042-0980
993-1008
Stoker, Gerry
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John, Peter
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Brannan, Tessa
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Stoker, Gerry
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John, Peter
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Brannan, Tessa
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Stoker, Gerry, John, Peter and Brannan, Tessa (2006) Active citizenship and effective public services and programmes: how can we know what really works? Urban Studies, 43 (5 & 6), 993-1008. (doi:10.1080/00420980600676626).

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This paper is a review of the aims and practice of active citizenship in England. It sets out the key concepts and gives an account of the developing policy agenda in crime, regeneration and housing, education, health and local government. It reviews the current state of scientific knowledge in this area, in particular summarising research commissioned by the Home Office Civil Renewal Research Programme, 2004-05. Whilst the research findings show the positive contribution of government initiatives in this area, a key theme that emerges is that the policy context and the causal relationships are often more complex than advocates sometimes claim.

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Published date: May 2006
Keywords: housing, urban & social geography, urban planning, urban policy, urban sociology, urban studies

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Local EPrints ID: 47358
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/47358
ISSN: 0042-0980
PURE UUID: c3a1ece5-7fcc-41d5-a65e-049a18aaf3c7
ORCID for Gerry Stoker: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8172-3395

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Date deposited: 31 Jul 2007
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:51

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Author: Gerry Stoker ORCID iD
Author: Peter John
Author: Tessa Brannan

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