contested nature

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The contestednature of contemporary welfare analysis has, not surprisingly, had a strong impact on historical interpretation of welfare state development.
In the opening sections the author explores the contestednature of the concept of childhood.
It will appeal especially to undergraduate students who should appreciate the emphasis on the varied and contestednature of both history and policy-making.
They have also exposed the fluidity and contestednature of ethnic/lineage/family boundaries.
As a result, he succeeds in demonstrating the essential dynamism and contestednature of urban politics in the early modern period.
However, the governance perspective focuses on evaluation as a state-centred activity and tends to underplay its contestednature.
The contestednature of its definition and content is hinted at but never explored.
The argument follows from a fundamental premise: to understand the development and reception of forms of subjectivity requires an awareness of their highly contestednature.
There may be a danger, however, that on this view we miss the potential to see the contestednature of evaluation both within the academy and within society.
The thrust of her introduction is to establish an approach to social welfare analysis which emphasises the contestednature of social policy and the struggle over meanings.
The 2000 presidential election is a prime illustration of this process because its contestednature clarifies and highlights gateways that have been less visible in other elections.
In view of the contestednature of many ethical dilemmas, there is inevitably pressure applied to 'experts' in ethics to supply the 'right' answer.
However, if there is an over-reliance on a state-centred perspective, the politically contested nature of evaluation can be lost and struggles by users of services can be overlooked.
In part this is because the inherently contestednature of the unwritten constitution meant that there were always very different opinions about the legitimate powers of the institution.
It also testifies to their contestednature.
Second, with a view to broader scholarly debates on early modern state building and social discipline, the case study underlines the limits and contestednature of both of these processes.
These two charters indicate the contestednature of this frontier district.
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