Celia Davies
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861348029
- eISBN:
- 9781447301851
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861348029.001.0001
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
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 ...
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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 an ethnographic study of a public-involvement initiative in the health service – the Citizens Council of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) – it explores the practical realities behind the much-quoted faith in ‘deliberation’ that underpins so many models of public involvement and presents the analysis of 64 hours of video and audiotape capturing a warts-and-all picture of deliberation in action. The book sets deliberative participatory initiatives within a broad inter-disciplinary context and challenges politicians, policy makers, and academics to develop more realistic approaches to democratic innovation.Less
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 an ethnographic study of a public-involvement initiative in the health service – the Citizens Council of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) – it explores the practical realities behind the much-quoted faith in ‘deliberation’ that underpins so many models of public involvement and presents the analysis of 64 hours of video and audiotape capturing a warts-and-all picture of deliberation in action. The book sets deliberative participatory initiatives within a broad inter-disciplinary context and challenges politicians, policy makers, and academics to develop more realistic approaches to democratic innovation.
Celia Davies, Margaret Wetherell, and Elizabeth Barnett
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861348029
- eISBN:
- 9781447301851
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861348029.003.0008
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This chapter explores the thinking that accompanied change within the host organisation of the Citizens Council of the British National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). It traces ...
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This chapter explores the thinking that accompanied change within the host organisation of the Citizens Council of the British National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). It traces the discursive work of reframing in the face of real and imagined forms of stakeholder interrogation and challenge, and the ways in which different stakeholders intervened to assess the value of the Council. The chapter discusses the different directions from which queries could emerge and the multiple ways in which deliberation itself could be construed as a contested and contestable practice.Less
This chapter explores the thinking that accompanied change within the host organisation of the Citizens Council of the British National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). It traces the discursive work of reframing in the face of real and imagined forms of stakeholder interrogation and challenge, and the ways in which different stakeholders intervened to assess the value of the Council. The chapter discusses the different directions from which queries could emerge and the multiple ways in which deliberation itself could be construed as a contested and contestable practice.
Robert Mickey
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691133386
- eISBN:
- 9781400838783
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691133386.003.0007
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
This chapter examines the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, which struck down state-mandated segregation in public education, and its implications for southern authoritarian ...
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This chapter examines the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, which struck down state-mandated segregation in public education, and its implications for southern authoritarian enclaves. With the Brown shock, Mississippi's rulers faced their first major black insurgency in decades. A standoff between the state's governors and the White Citizens' Council (WCC) forces led to a stalemate over the development of an effective coercive apparatus, with negative consequences for managing the desegregation crisis at the University of Mississippi. The chapter first considers the state of black education prior to Brown before discussing the crisis, triggered by the university's refusal to admit James Meredith—who was black— and Mississippi's resistance to the decision. It shows how a combination of intraelite dissensus and weak party–state capacities help explain the enclave's navigation of the desegregation crisis at the University of Mississippi.Less
This chapter examines the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, which struck down state-mandated segregation in public education, and its implications for southern authoritarian enclaves. With the Brown shock, Mississippi's rulers faced their first major black insurgency in decades. A standoff between the state's governors and the White Citizens' Council (WCC) forces led to a stalemate over the development of an effective coercive apparatus, with negative consequences for managing the desegregation crisis at the University of Mississippi. The chapter first considers the state of black education prior to Brown before discussing the crisis, triggered by the university's refusal to admit James Meredith—who was black— and Mississippi's resistance to the decision. It shows how a combination of intraelite dissensus and weak party–state capacities help explain the enclave's navigation of the desegregation crisis at the University of Mississippi.
Karen S. Anderson
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195177862
- eISBN:
- 9780199870189
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195177862.003.0011
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter focuses on the massive resistance against desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas. It begins with a description of the efforts of organizations such as the Mother's League of Central High ...
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This chapter focuses on the massive resistance against desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas. It begins with a description of the efforts of organizations such as the Mother's League of Central High and the Capital Citizens' Council to oppose desegregation. It then discusses how in Arkansas, the rhetoric on race, resistance, and violence first emerged in the small northeastern town of Hoxie, where school officials announced the integration of schools in 1955. The chapter then considers how massive resistance in Little Rock differed from those in other parts of the South.Less
This chapter focuses on the massive resistance against desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas. It begins with a description of the efforts of organizations such as the Mother's League of Central High and the Capital Citizens' Council to oppose desegregation. It then discusses how in Arkansas, the rhetoric on race, resistance, and violence first emerged in the small northeastern town of Hoxie, where school officials announced the integration of schools in 1955. The chapter then considers how massive resistance in Little Rock differed from those in other parts of the South.
Celia Davies, Margaret Wetherell, and Elizabeth Barnett
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861348029
- eISBN:
- 9781447301851
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861348029.003.0005
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This chapter discusses the first meeting of the Citizens Council of the British National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). It explores what occurred as the Citizens Council ...
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This chapter discusses the first meeting of the Citizens Council of the British National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). It explores what occurred as the Citizens Council migrated from an in-house organisational plan to an actual embodied event based on transcripts of video records of the events, ethnographic observations, and quantitative analyses. The chapter describes the balance of activities that made up the Salford meeting and discusses the process of becoming informed.Less
This chapter discusses the first meeting of the Citizens Council of the British National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). It explores what occurred as the Citizens Council migrated from an in-house organisational plan to an actual embodied event based on transcripts of video records of the events, ethnographic observations, and quantitative analyses. The chapter describes the balance of activities that made up the Salford meeting and discusses the process of becoming informed.
Celia Davies, Margaret Wetherell, and Elizabeth Barnett
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861348029
- eISBN:
- 9781447301851
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861348029.003.0004
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This chapter examines the setting up of the Citizens Council of the British National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). It describes the NICE at the point where the Citizens Council ...
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This chapter examines the setting up of the Citizens Council of the British National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). It describes the NICE at the point where the Citizens Council idea began to develop, linking understandings of the organisation with the challenge of putting words on paper about the precise shape of the Council, and discusses the recruitment of citizens' councillors. The chapter also offers a preliminary assessment of some of the features of the design choices that were made about the Council and some hints about how consequential these choices were to become in relation to deliberative participation in healthcare decision making.Less
This chapter examines the setting up of the Citizens Council of the British National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). It describes the NICE at the point where the Citizens Council idea began to develop, linking understandings of the organisation with the challenge of putting words on paper about the precise shape of the Council, and discusses the recruitment of citizens' councillors. The chapter also offers a preliminary assessment of some of the features of the design choices that were made about the Council and some hints about how consequential these choices were to become in relation to deliberative participation in healthcare decision making.
Celia Davies, Margaret Wetherell, and Elizabeth Barnett
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861348029
- eISBN:
- 9781447301851
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861348029.003.0006
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This chapter evaluates the impact of changing design on the Citizens Council of the British National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). It explores the concrete case of the NICE ...
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This chapter evaluates the impact of changing design on the Citizens Council of the British National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). It explores the concrete case of the NICE Citizens Council to discover more about the micro-level conditions that impede and facilitate deliberative performances. The chapter describes the main alterations in the meeting format made by NICE and the facilitators, and identifies the changes that seemed to work. It also shows how a finer-grained analysis of practice can deepen understanding of the practices that go to make up deliberation and challenge aspects of the model of ideal deliberation.Less
This chapter evaluates the impact of changing design on the Citizens Council of the British National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). It explores the concrete case of the NICE Citizens Council to discover more about the micro-level conditions that impede and facilitate deliberative performances. The chapter describes the main alterations in the meeting format made by NICE and the facilitators, and identifies the changes that seemed to work. It also shows how a finer-grained analysis of practice can deepen understanding of the practices that go to make up deliberation and challenge aspects of the model of ideal deliberation.
Celia Davies, Margaret Wetherell, and Elizabeth Barnett
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861348029
- eISBN:
- 9781447301851
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861348029.003.0007
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This chapter examines the overt attempts by dominant groups to control the agenda and subtle effects of hegemonic discourse at the meetings of the Citizens Council of the British National Institute ...
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This chapter examines the overt attempts by dominant groups to control the agenda and subtle effects of hegemonic discourse at the meetings of the Citizens Council of the British National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). It describes the ways by which the voices of minority-ethnic-group members of the Council were included in it and the discursive styles deployed by members of the Council to deal with the new context they found themselves in. The chapter also discusses the issues of citizen identity and a new conceptualisation of deliberation as a dialogic discursive practice.Less
This chapter examines the overt attempts by dominant groups to control the agenda and subtle effects of hegemonic discourse at the meetings of the Citizens Council of the British National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). It describes the ways by which the voices of minority-ethnic-group members of the Council were included in it and the discursive styles deployed by members of the Council to deal with the new context they found themselves in. The chapter also discusses the issues of citizen identity and a new conceptualisation of deliberation as a dialogic discursive practice.
Celia Davies, Margaret Wetherell, and Elizabeth Barnett
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861348029
- eISBN:
- 9781447301851
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861348029.003.0009
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This chapter aims to set out and develop an understanding of citizen deliberation that is more in tune with the way in which citizens think, which works with issues of power, and which accommodates ...
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This chapter aims to set out and develop an understanding of citizen deliberation that is more in tune with the way in which citizens think, which works with issues of power, and which accommodates contextual features in a nuanced way. It summarises key findings from the observation of deliberation in meetings of the Citizens Council of the British National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and proposes an alternative theoretical framework for deliberation. The chapter argues for an expanded understanding of deliberation as practice and a move away from the particular forms of political-science theorising that have so far dominated debates for citizen participation.Less
This chapter aims to set out and develop an understanding of citizen deliberation that is more in tune with the way in which citizens think, which works with issues of power, and which accommodates contextual features in a nuanced way. It summarises key findings from the observation of deliberation in meetings of the Citizens Council of the British National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and proposes an alternative theoretical framework for deliberation. The chapter argues for an expanded understanding of deliberation as practice and a move away from the particular forms of political-science theorising that have so far dominated debates for citizen participation.
Robert E. Luckett
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781496802699
- eISBN:
- 9781496802736
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781496802699.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter examines how Joe T. Patterson worked with more thoroughly committed segregationists to face the challenges to the Jim Crow hierarchy in the white South. It first considers the formation ...
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This chapter examines how Joe T. Patterson worked with more thoroughly committed segregationists to face the challenges to the Jim Crow hierarchy in the white South. It first considers the formation of two groups by segregationists in response to the US Supreme Court's 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education: the Citizens' Council and the State Sovereignty Commission. It then discusses Patterson's involvement in racist politics as both an early member of the Citizens' Council and one of the original leaders of the Sovereignty Commission, along with his defense of segregation. It also explains how Patterson and Mississippi Governor James P. Coleman used practical segregation to recast the debate away from an effort to preserve white supremacy at all costs and utilized subtle language to claim that they were looking to protect their own freedom. Finally, it explores Patterson's stand regarding the desegration of the Veterans Administration hospitals.Less
This chapter examines how Joe T. Patterson worked with more thoroughly committed segregationists to face the challenges to the Jim Crow hierarchy in the white South. It first considers the formation of two groups by segregationists in response to the US Supreme Court's 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education: the Citizens' Council and the State Sovereignty Commission. It then discusses Patterson's involvement in racist politics as both an early member of the Citizens' Council and one of the original leaders of the Sovereignty Commission, along with his defense of segregation. It also explains how Patterson and Mississippi Governor James P. Coleman used practical segregation to recast the debate away from an effort to preserve white supremacy at all costs and utilized subtle language to claim that they were looking to protect their own freedom. Finally, it explores Patterson's stand regarding the desegration of the Veterans Administration hospitals.
Nicole P. Marwell
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- February 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226509068
- eISBN:
- 9780226509082
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226509082.003.0003
- Subject:
- Sociology, Urban and Rural Studies
Urban politics largely focus on a competition for critical resources: along with affordable, quality housing, residents of poor urban neighborhoods need parks, clean streets, safety, quality ...
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Urban politics largely focus on a competition for critical resources: along with affordable, quality housing, residents of poor urban neighborhoods need parks, clean streets, safety, quality education, and so on. Poor neighborhoods usually lose out in this competition, finding themselves with substandard housing, few if any green spaces, irregular trash collection, high crime rates, and failing schools. The story of Los Sures and the United Jewish Organizations captures the response of Williamsburg's Latinos and Hasidim to the devastated housing conditions of their neighborhood. The two community-based organizations' (CBOs) unique solutions to that problem involved significant political engagement with the city's housing bureaucracy and other actors in the housing field. This chapter examines the distinctive uses of politics by two CBOs—the Ridgewood–Bushwick Senior Citizens Council and Saint Barbara's Catholic Church—in a second poor Brooklyn neighborhood, Bushwick, which lies just east of Williamsburg.Less
Urban politics largely focus on a competition for critical resources: along with affordable, quality housing, residents of poor urban neighborhoods need parks, clean streets, safety, quality education, and so on. Poor neighborhoods usually lose out in this competition, finding themselves with substandard housing, few if any green spaces, irregular trash collection, high crime rates, and failing schools. The story of Los Sures and the United Jewish Organizations captures the response of Williamsburg's Latinos and Hasidim to the devastated housing conditions of their neighborhood. The two community-based organizations' (CBOs) unique solutions to that problem involved significant political engagement with the city's housing bureaucracy and other actors in the housing field. This chapter examines the distinctive uses of politics by two CBOs—the Ridgewood–Bushwick Senior Citizens Council and Saint Barbara's Catholic Church—in a second poor Brooklyn neighborhood, Bushwick, which lies just east of Williamsburg.
Stewart Burns
- Published in print:
- 1997
- Published Online:
- July 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807823606
- eISBN:
- 9781469602387
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807882917_burns.16
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter presents transcripts of three interviews by Anna Holden: an interview with bus drivers; an interview with Mayor W. A. Gayle on February 10, 1956; and an interview with a prominent local ...
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This chapter presents transcripts of three interviews by Anna Holden: an interview with bus drivers; an interview with Mayor W. A. Gayle on February 10, 1956; and an interview with a prominent local attorney and White Citizens Council leader Sam Englehardt on February 8, 1956.Less
This chapter presents transcripts of three interviews by Anna Holden: an interview with bus drivers; an interview with Mayor W. A. Gayle on February 10, 1956; and an interview with a prominent local attorney and White Citizens Council leader Sam Englehardt on February 8, 1956.
Robert E. Luckett
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781496802699
- eISBN:
- 9781496802736
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781496802699.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter examines the implications of James Meredith's attempt to integrate the University of Mississippi in 1962 for the Jim Crow South and the white leadership in Mississippi. The central ...
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This chapter examines the implications of James Meredith's attempt to integrate the University of Mississippi in 1962 for the Jim Crow South and the white leadership in Mississippi. The central question arising from the Meredith crisis was how far members of the white hierarchy would be willing to go to maintain segregation in higher education. Ross Barnett and the Citizens' Council forced a reluctant federal government to intervene, resulting in the eruption of violence on the campus. Others, like Joe T. Patterson, were more willing to bend in order to maintain as much power as possible. This chapter first discusses Meredith's fight for admission to Ole Miss that culminated in Meredith v. Fair as well as Patterson's attempt to keep Meredith out of the university. It then considers the US Supreme Court ruling in favor of Meredith and the US Department of Justice's involvement in the case. It also explores Patterson's the behind-the-scenes efforts to finally allow Meredith to enter the campus.Less
This chapter examines the implications of James Meredith's attempt to integrate the University of Mississippi in 1962 for the Jim Crow South and the white leadership in Mississippi. The central question arising from the Meredith crisis was how far members of the white hierarchy would be willing to go to maintain segregation in higher education. Ross Barnett and the Citizens' Council forced a reluctant federal government to intervene, resulting in the eruption of violence on the campus. Others, like Joe T. Patterson, were more willing to bend in order to maintain as much power as possible. This chapter first discusses Meredith's fight for admission to Ole Miss that culminated in Meredith v. Fair as well as Patterson's attempt to keep Meredith out of the university. It then considers the US Supreme Court ruling in favor of Meredith and the US Department of Justice's involvement in the case. It also explores Patterson's the behind-the-scenes efforts to finally allow Meredith to enter the campus.
