Rethinking Governance Ruling, Rationalities and Resistance
Rethinking Governance Ruling, Rationalities and Resistance by Mark Bevir, published by Routledge in 2016, is a comprehensive examination of contemporary governance and public policy. This 227-page volume is written in English and delves into the implications of interpretive political science, focusing on how various policies and outcomes emerge from neoliberalism and new institutionalisms. The book presents governance as a complex interplay of actions within the British state, highlighting the contingent and contestable nature of these practices.
Readers will find an exploration of original fieldwork that investigates how local actors, including civil servants and public managers, interpret elite policy narratives. This analysis reveals the diverse ways in which governance is enacted at the ground level, offering insights into the dynamics of public affairs and administration. Rethinking Governance is positioned to engage scholars, students, and practitioners interested in the evolving landscape of political science and public policy.
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This volume explores new directions of governance and public policy arising both from interpretive political science and those who engage with interpretive ideas. It conceives governance as the various policies and outcomes emerging from the increasing salience of neoclassical and institutional economics or, neoliberalism and new institutionalisms. In doing so, it suggests that that the British state consists of a vast array of meaningful actions that may coalesce into contingent, shifting, and contestable practices. Based on original fieldwork, it examines the myriad ways in which local actors – civil servants, mid-level public managers, and street level bureaucrats – have interpreted elite policy narratives and thus forged practices of governance on the ground.
This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of governance and public policy.
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