Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 276 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781447354970
Series Statement:
Civil society and social change
Content:
Through theories of metagovernance and case studies of mobilisations against economic and social problems, Bob Jessop explores the idea of civil society as a mode of governance. Reviewing concepts of self-emancipation and self-responsibilisation, he challenges conventional thinking and identifies lessons for future social innovation
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Front cover -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Abbreviations -- Note on the author -- Acknowledgements -- Licensing information -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- Part I. Complexity, contingency and governance -- 2. The governance of complexity and the complexity of governance -- 3. Governance failure, metagovernance and its failure -- 4. Semantic, institutional and spatio-temporal fixes -- Part II. Locating civil society as a mode of governance
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5. Locating the WISERD Project: Public policy governance towards common good -- 6. Locating civil society in Marx and Gramsci -- 7. Locating civil society in Foucault -- Part III. Governance failure and metagovernance -- 8. The multispatial governance of social and economic policy -- 9. The dynamics of economic and social partnerships and governance failure -- 10. Competitiveness vs civil society as modes of governance -- 11. Conclusions -- Endnotes -- References -- Index -- Back cover
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 1447354982
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781447354956
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
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