Challenging governance theory : from networks to hegemony / / Jonathan S. Davies [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Davies Jonathan S.
• Pubblicazione: Bristol : , : Policy, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 192 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 320.01
• Soggetto topico: Political science; Corporate governance
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Sep 2022).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CHALLENGING GOVERNANCE THEORY; Contents; List of tables; Preface; Introduction; 1. The network governance milieu; Introduction; The rise of network analysis; Post-traditional network governance theory; The theory of reflexive modernisation; Marxism and the network society; Summary; 2. Network governance policy; Introduction; The theory effect; The universe of governance networks; Network governance policy in the UK; The case for network governance; Summary; 3. The limits of network governance; Introduction; Governance networks in the 20th century ; The governmentalisation of governance networksNetwork closure and creeping managerialism; Institutionalising inequality; Networks based on distrust; Recuperating post-traditionality?; Foucauldian network governance; Summary; 4. Beyond the transformation thesis; Introduction; Structure and agency; Capitalism; Capitalism today; The state(s); Capitalism and the capitalist state; Classes; Summary; 5. From network governance to hegemony; Introduction; Post-traditional Gramscian analysis; The Gramscian conception of hegemony; Neoliberalism, networks and hegemony ; Governance networks and the integral stateConnectionism in context; Summary; 6. Gramscian governance research; Introduction; Dialectical network analysis; A Gramscian perspective on network variety; Critical scholarship and governance networks; Emancipation through networks; Summary; 7. Conclusion; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This topical book takes a critical look at contemporary governance theory, arguing that there are structural impediments to achieving an ideology of networks and reconsidering it from Marxist and Gramscian perspectives.
• Titolo autorizzato: Challenging governance theory
• ISBN: 1-4473-0608-2; 1-4473-0163-3; 1-283-32133-5; 9786613321336; 1-84742-616-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809234903321
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