Public sociology and civil society : governance, politics and power /

Nickel, Patricia Mooney,

Public sociology and civil society : governance, politics and power / Patricia Mooney Nickel. - vii, 171 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages143-160) and index.

Introduction: public sociology and civil society in the context of governance -- Public sociology : locating the argument -- Public sociology as knowledge, politics and portrayal -- Civil society and the origins of the expansion of governing -- The transformation of the state thesis -- Governing texts -- NGOs, the State and governance as rites of rule -- Beyond knowledge production as the reproduction of the present.

9781594519765 1594519765 9781594519772

2011030057

016046988 Uk


Sociology--Philosophy
Applied sociology.
Sociology--Methodology
Civil society

HM511 / .N53 2012

301.01

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