Politics and Administrative Justice

Postliberalism, Street-Level Bureaucracy and the Reawakening of Democratic Citizenship
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-5292-3058-1
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Hardback (Adhesive), Format (B × H): 240 mm x 161 mm, Gewicht: 398 g

In recent years, failures in health and social care, mental health services, public housing and education have dominated headlines and been the subject of much public debate. The means for addressing such concerns remain notably legalistic and subject to a particular brand of liberal legalism that stifles the possibility of transformational intervention.

This book argues that there is urgent need for a radical reassessment of the way the law mediates between citizens and the state. Drawing on historical and comparative research, literary, pictorial and cinematic treatments, and the insights of the disability rights movement, Nick O’Brien examines how the everyday regulation of street-level bureaucracy can play an integral part in reimagining postliberal politics and the role of the law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Brien, Nick

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Soziale & wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von Umweltfaktoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Street-Level Bureaucracy and Response to Citizen Grievance

Chapter 3 The ‘Social Imaginary’ of Liberal Legalism

Chapter 4 The Promise of Postliberalism

Chapter 5 Citizen Grievance and the Spectre of Legalism

Chapter 6 Postliberal Response to Citizen Grievance: The Challenge of Disability Human Rights

Chapter 7 Responding to Grievance: The Mental Health System and Special Educational Needs

Chapter 8 Postliberal Administrative Justice

Chapter 9 Administrative Justice Beyond ‘Administrative Justice’

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Nick O’Brien was Legal Director at the Disability Rights Commission from 2000 to 2007 and Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Law and Social Justice at the University of Liverpool from 2007 to 2022.