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The Wisdom of Which Crowd? On the Pathology of a Listening Government
Author(s) -
COLEMAN STEPHEN,
BLUMLER JAY G.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the political quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-923X
pISSN - 0032-3179
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-923x.2011.02210.x
Subject(s) - active listening , government (linguistics) , politics , public administration , political science , service (business) , public relations , style (visual arts) , sociology , business , law , marketing , history , linguistics , philosophy , communication , archaeology
This article considers the claims made by members of the current UK Coalition government to adopt a new style of listening, consultative politics based upon the so‐called wisdom of the crowd. It considers how these claims have—and could have—been acted upon, focusing upon two central policy proposals; the funding of higher education and the reform of the National Health Service.