Psychoanalysis and Governance - Discourse and Decisions, Identities and Futures

Psychoanalysis and Governance makes a cogent argument for the use of psychoanalytic perspectives in the understanding of governance, the process of collective decision-making which maintains and reshapes communities.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Governance and psychoanalysis 2. Memory and identity 3. Governance routines and exceptional situations 4. Reality and reality testing in governance 5. Affect in governance 6. Inclusion, exclusion and diversity 7. Incoherence and ambivalence 8. Governance paths enabling and limiting 9. Power, drives and drivers in governance 10. Futures imagined and feared 11. Therapy?

About the author

Kristof Van Assche, a professor at the University of Alberta, is interested in evolution and innovation in governance. He explores the relations between knowledge, affect, and organization in their implications for sustainability thinking and collective strategy. He is one of the proponents of Evolutionary Governance Theory (EGT).
Monica Gruezmacher is an associate researcher at the University of Alberta and an adjunct professor at Memorial University. In the past she worked as a policy advisor. She is interested in the challenges of managing long-term relationships between communities and their environment, especially in rural, remote, and challenging settings.

Summary

Psychoanalysis and Governance makes a cogent argument for the use of psychoanalytic perspectives in the understanding of governance, the process of collective decision-making which maintains and reshapes communities.

Product details

• Authors: Monica Gruezmacher, Kristof Van Assche, Kristof Gruezmacher Van Assche, Van Assche Kristof
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.02.2025
• EAN: 9781032696683
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3269668-3
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Psychotherapy, Political science & theory, Interdisciplinary studies, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Political science and theory, Urban communities, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis