Public Sociology and Civil Society - Governance, Politics, and Power

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Part I The Politics of Knowledge; Chapter 2 Public Sociology; Chapter 3 Public Sociology as Knowledge, Politics, and Portrayal; Part II The Expansion of Governing; Chapter 4 Civil Society and the Origins of the Expansion of Governing; Chapter 5 The Transformation of the State Thesis; Part III Power and Practice; Chapter 6 Governing Texts; Chapter 7 NGOs, the State, and Governance as Rites of Rule; Chapter 8 Conclusion;

About the author

Patricia Mooney Nickel

Summary

Combines various academic understandings of the practice of knowledge and governance in relation to conceptions of public sociology and civil society.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Mooney Nickel, Nickel Patricia Mooney
• Publisher: Paradigm Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2011
• EAN: 9781594519765
• ISBN: 978-1-59451-976-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, Political structure & processes, Civil rights & citizenship, Political structure and processes, Civics and citizenship