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
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016046988 Uk
Sociology--Philosophy Applied sociology. Sociology--Methodology Civil society