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Book SynopsisIn 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.
Table of ContentsChapter 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
