Challenging governance theory [electronic resource] : From networks to hegemony
Davies, Jonathan S.
Bristol, U.K. ; Chicago, Ill. : Policy Press,
2011.
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.
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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
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Governance.
Intergovernmental cooperation.
Public administration.
Public-private sector cooperation.