Challenging Governance Theory: From Networks to Hegemony

ISBN-13: 9781847426147 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 200 str.

Davies, Jonathan S.

Opis

Develops a Gramscian account of contemporary governance. This title critiques the fashionable view that there has been a shift from hierarchy to networks, arguing instead that the ideology of network governance is part of the neoliberal hegemonic project.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; The rise of governance theory; Governance policy and institutions; Critical responses to governance theory; Governance theory: three postmodernist elisions; Beyond critique: governance as hegemony; Governance beyond the differentiated polity; Conclusion.