Governance as social and political communication
- Manchester : Manchester University , 2010
- 271 p.
1. Governance as political communication - Henrik P. Bang Parte I. Governance theory and analysis in political science 2. New challenges to governance theory - Renate Mayntz 3. A constructivist bottom-up approach to governance: the need for increased theoretical and methodological awareness in research - Jens Hoff 4. Decentring british governance: from bureaucracy to networks - Mark Bevir and R. A. W. Rhodes 5. Activation in governance - Jan Kooiman Part II. Sociological analyses of meta-governance, governmentality and symbolic violence 6. Governance and meta-governance: on reflexivity, requisite variety and requisite irony - Bob Jessop 7. Culture governance and individualism - Mitchell Dean 8. Pierre Bourdieu's political sociology and governance perspectives - David L. Swartz Part III. Political theory and democratic governance 9. The language of democracy and the democracy of language - John G. Gunnell 10. Contingency and the limits of contract - Tracy B. Strong 11. A decentred theory of governance - Mark Bevir 12. Governing at close range: demo-elites and lay people - Henrik P. Bang and Torben Bech Dyrberg 13. A new ruler meeting a new citizen: culture governance and everyday making - Henrik P. Bang