Remaking governance

Janet Newman is Professor of Social Policy at the Open University. Her previous book, Modernising Governance: New Labour, Policy and Society, is a key text on undergraduate and masters programmes across Europe, Australasia and North America.

• Introduction ~ Janet Newman; Reconstituting Europe: governing a European people? ~ John Clarke; Governance and the constitution of a European social ~ Emma Carmel; Remaking European governance: transition, accession and integration ~ Noémi Lendvai; Regendering governance ~ Janet Newman; Welfare governance and the remaking of citizenship ~ Håkan Johansson and Bjørn Hvinden; Participative governance and the remaking of the public sphere ~ Janet Newman; Promoting democratic governance through partnerships? ~ Rebekah Sterling; Among everyday makers and expert citizens ~ Henrik Bang; Governance and the transformation of political representation ~ Michael Saward; Conclusion ~ Janet Newman.

"Remaking Governance is a search for the 'social' in social policy. It also underlines the role of the nation states and national governments in contrast to the 'hollowing out of the state' theses of governance literature. This edited book successfully presents an enhanced view of the term social to rethink governance." Political Studies Review