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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Mark BevirPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.482kg ISBN: 9780691145396ISBN 10: 0691145393 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 16 May 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsTo my knowledge, Bevir is the first to systematically examine the ideas and practices of governance in a longer historical perspective. On this point the book is a much-needed correction to the popular delusion--propagated and sustained through the language of governance itself--that what is currently being broached under this label is all new. -- Henrik Enroth, Governance [I]n this densely argued book, Bevir connects theory and practice in a sophisticated and compelling way. -- Heather Blakey, Parliamentary Affairs To my knowledge, Bevir is the first to systematically examine the ideas and practices of governance in a longer historical perspective. On this point the book is a much-needed correction to the popular delusion--propagated and sustained through the language of governance itself--that what is currently being broached under this label is all new. -- Henrik Enroth, Governance [I]n this densely argued book, Bevir connects theory and practice in a sophisticated and compelling way. -- Heather Blakey, Parliamentary Affairs Bevir ... has made an important contribution to the redemption of modern social science--making a stand against the new institutionalism because of the belief that, in the end, it is people and not institutions that ultimately make and remake our world. -- Susan Hodgett, Environment and Planning """To my knowledge, Bevir is the first to systematically examine the ideas and practices of governance in a longer historical perspective. On this point the book is a much-needed correction to the popular delusion--propagated and sustained through the language of governance itself--that what is currently being broached under this label is all new.""--Henrik Enroth, Governance ""[I]n this densely argued book, Bevir connects theory and practice in a sophisticated and compelling way.""--Heather Blakey, Parliamentary Affairs ""Bevir ... has made an important contribution to the redemption of modern social science--making a stand against the new institutionalism because of the belief that, in the end, it is people and not institutions that ultimately make and remake our world.""--Susan Hodgett, Environment and Planning ""[T]his is a compelling, lucid and accessible account of the emergence of the new governance. It serves not only as a useful reference for students, but also as a stimulus for wider debate.""--Rob Manwaring, Political Studies Review" Author InformationMark Bevir is professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Key Concepts in Governance and New Labour: A Critique. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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