Governing Subjects

An Introduction to the Study of Politics
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-415-99890-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 443 g

This introduction to the study of politics explores the multiple meanings of "governance" as well as the several senses of what it means to be a "subject." It takes the reader on a journey through and across the domains of law and institutions, markets and power, and culture and identity, and shows how the understanding of any one of these domains demands an understanding of them all. The path through these related regions is marked by regular encounters with leading and competing thinkers—from the expected, such as James Madison, Robert Dahl, Michel Foucault, and Adam Smith, to the unexpected, such as Joseph Raz, Lisa Disch, Doug Henwood, and Joan Scott—that encourage the reader to evaluate their arguments for their internal coherence and explanatory power. Governing Subjects is at once a holistic and critical introduction to the study of politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Balbus, Isaac D.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politikberatung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Methodenlehre
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. Acknowledgments. General Introduction. Part 1: Law and Institutions 1. Law and the Rule of Law 2. The Separation of Powers 3. Judicial Review 4. Conceptions of Democracy: "Thick" versus "Thin" 5. The Concept (and Reality?) of Representation 6. Political Parties 7. Elections 8. Civil Society Part 2: Markets and Power Introduction to Part Two 9. Human Nature and the Market 10. Freedom and the Market 11. Justice and the Market 12. Democracy and the Market I: Corporations and the State 13. Democracy and the Market II: Corporate Governance 14. Democracy and the Market III: Globalization and Governance 15. The Concept of Power I: The Three Faces of "Negative" Power 16. The Concept of Power II: Normalization versus Communication Part 3: Culture and Identity Introduction to Part Three 17. What is (a) Culture? 18. Beyond Ethnocentrism and Relativism? 19. Modernity 20. Modernity and Identity 21. Gender Identity 22. Racial Identity 23. National Identity 24. Religious Identity Part 4: Conclusion Introduction to Part Four 25. The Subject 26. The Subject in the Group 27. Identity Politics Revisited 28. The Subject in Nature. Glossary of Names. Bibliography. Endnotes

Über Autor(innen)

Isaac D. Balbus is professor of political science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of four previous books and has won several awards for excellence in teaching.