Isaac D Balbus

Governing Subjects

An Introduction to the Study of Politics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780415998895
• ISBN-10: 0415998891
• Artikelnr.: 28176471

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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