Gebundenes Buch

Decentring Urban Governance

Narratives, Resistance and Contestation

Herausgeber: Bevir, Mark; Matthews, Peter; McKee, Kim

Beschreibung

This book seeks to rethink governance not as a particular state formation, but as the diverse policies emerging associated with the impact of modernist social science on policy making, considering the diverse meanings that inspire governing practices across time, space, and policy sectors in urban context.

Autor

Mark Bevir is a Professor of Political Science, and the Director of the Center for British Studies, at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. He is the author of various books including The Making of British Socialism (2011), Governance: A Very Short Introduction (2012) and A Theory of Governance (2013). Kim McKee is a Senior Lecturer and Director of the Centre for Housing Research at the University of St Andrews, UK. She has published widely on the governance of low-income housing, with strong interests in the contested nature of contemporary governing practices. Peter Matthews is a Lecturer in Social Policy and leader of the Public Services and Governance research group within the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Stirling, UK.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 505g
• ISBN-13: 9781138229372
• ISBN-10: 1138229377
• Artikelnr.: 49208960