Citizens at the Centre: Deliberative Participation in Healthcare Decisions

by Elizabeth Barnett, Celia Davies, Margaret Wetherell, et al.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861348029
• ISBN13: 9781861348029
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"