Interpreting British GovernanceRoutledge, 2003 M09 2 - 240 pages How is Britain governed? Have we entered a new era of governance? Can traditional approaches to governance help us to interpret 21st century Britain? This book develops the argument that we can understand political practices only by grasping the beliefs on which people act. It offers a governance narrative as a challenge to the Westminster model of British government and searches for a more accurate and open way of speaking about British government. |
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... 8 The roots of governance 9 The meaning of governance 10 Conclusions: on governance again Bibliography Index vi vii 15 17 45 62 79 81 107 124 143 145 170 195 202 227 Tables 3.1 3.2 5.1 6.1 7.1 8.1 8.2 9.1 10.1 Contents.
... 8 The roots of governance 9 The meaning of governance 10 Conclusions: on governance again Bibliography Index vi vii 15 17 45 62 79 81 107 124 143 145 170 195 202 227 Tables 3.1 3.2 5.1 6.1 7.1 8.1 8.2 9.1 10.1 Contents.
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... meanings, the beliefs and preferences of the people involved. As John Stuart Mill (1969 [1840]: 119–20) remarked: By ... meaning of it? The one took his stand outside the received opinion, and surveyed it as an entire stranger to it: the ...
... meanings, the beliefs and preferences of the people involved. As John Stuart Mill (1969 [1840]: 119–20) remarked: By ... meaning of it? The one took his stand outside the received opinion, and surveyed it as an entire stranger to it: the ...
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... meanings to clear the way for our account. This ground-clearing exercise carries the danger that, as authors, we ... meaning. We will indicate how governance is created and recreated as a meaningful practice through beliefs informed by ...
... meanings to clear the way for our account. This ground-clearing exercise carries the danger that, as authors, we ... meaning. We will indicate how governance is created and recreated as a meaningful practice through beliefs informed by ...
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... meaning in large part from its place within a body of concepts. In isolation, all concepts are vague. Just as the differentiated polity gains clarity when filled out with ideas such as the hollowing-out of the state and the core ...
... meaning in large part from its place within a body of concepts. In isolation, all concepts are vague. Just as the differentiated polity gains clarity when filled out with ideas such as the hollowing-out of the state and the core ...
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... meanings that shape actions and institutions, and the ways in which they do so. Different varieties of interpretive theory understand meanings to be expressions of, for example, reason, intentions, beliefs, the unconscious or systems of ...
... meanings that shape actions and institutions, and the ways in which they do so. Different varieties of interpretive theory understand meanings to be expressions of, for example, reason, intentions, beliefs, the unconscious or systems of ...
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The public sector on traditions and dilemmas
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The civil service on history and ethnography
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Bibliography | 202 |
Index | 227 |
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