Putting Civil Society in Its Place: Governance, Metagovernance and Subjectivity

by Bob Jessop

Book Overview

Renowned social and political theorist Bob Jessop explores the idea of civil society as a mode of governance in this bold challenge to current thinking. Developing theories of governance failure and metagovernance, the book analyses the limits and failures of economic and social policy in various styles of governance. Reviewing the principles of self-emancipation and self-responsibilisation it considers the struggle to integrate civil society into...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447354966
• ISBN13: 9781447354963
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"