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      Meanings of Public and the Future of Public Services

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      Meanings of Public and the Future of Public Services

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      Meanings of Public and the Future of Public Services book

      ByDavid A. McDonald
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2022
      eBook Published 9 September 2022
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      Pages 176
      eBook ISBN 9781003293002
      Subjects Geography, Politics & International Relations, Social Sciences
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      McDonald, D.A. (2022). Meanings of Public and the Future of Public Services (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003293002

      ABSTRACT

      Critically assessing meanings of the term ‘public’, this book situates the emergence and expansion of ‘public services’ within market-based forms of production and consumption.

      It highlights the potential for making public services more progressive within market societies, but underscores their ongoing capture by private interests and emphasises the inherent limits of reform within a ‘bourgeois public sphere’. The author explores opportunities for more expansive forms of non-marketized public services, examining emerging debates on the theory and practice of equitable, participatory and sustainable forms of publicness that go beyond mere ownership. The book then asks how we can build a robust international ‘pro-public’ movement that juggles universal needs with local context.

      With a focus on essential public services such as water, electricity and health, the text is global in its scope and written for a broad audience. It will be useful for those interested in social and public policy, public services and public administration, political theory, economic geography, social movements, sustainability and development.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS
      Chapter One: What’s Public about Public Services?  PART ONE: LIMITS  Chapter Two: Our Bourgeois Public Sphere  Chapter Three: The Curse of the Continuum  PART TWO: POSSIBILITIES  Chapter Four: Redefining Public Services  Chapter Five: Within, Against and Beyond the State  Chapter Six: Measuring Success  Chapter Seven: Building a Global Pro-Public Movement  Appendix: Global Manifesto for Public Services
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