Title: Beyond public policy : a public action languages approach /
Authors: Spink, Peter
Year: 2019
Subjects: Political planning.; Political planning; 88.69 policy science: other.
Abstract: "Beyond Public Policy shows how policy is only one of a multiplicity of powerful social languages (budgeting, planning, rights, directives, governancy, philanthropy, protests and self-help, amongst others) that are also actively present, cooperating, competing or going their own way in the ever-changing arena of public affairs"--Back cover.
Contents: Collective concerns: from policy studies to public action -- From publics, parishes and philanthropy to resistance and self-help: the civic side of public action -- Social languages and the performative turn -- Some active governments and their action languages -- Public action languages seen from elsewhere: from the Treaty of Rome and public administration reform to the arrival of public policies in Brazil -- From noisy rights to hybrid forums: languages of mobilization -- Beyond public policy: public action languages and the negotiation of possibilities.