| Governing Subjects: An Introduction to the Study of Politics Contributor(s): Balbus, Isaac D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415998905 ISBN-13: 9780415998901 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $65.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2009 Annotation: This introduction to the study of politics examines governance wherever it occurs-in informal institutions, markets, social interactions, workplaces, and cultural, ecological, and even psychological settings. Balbus highlights the ideas of key thinkers in politics across every major component of the discipline, including law and institutions, markets and power, and culture and identity. This valuable text encourages students to engage in critical thinking and helps them learn to think holistically. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - General - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 320 |
| LCCN: 2009023204 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.90 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |