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Author_Patricia Mooney Nickel
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- ISBN 9781594519765
- Weight: 385g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 28 Feb 2012
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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During the past ten years the terms public sociology, civil society, and governance have been used with increasing frequency to describe a wide array of political and social practices. Nickel provides a critical clarification of the concepts of civil society and governance, moving beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries. With her unique international background in the practice of public service and social policy Nickel is able to provide a nuanced explanation of how civil society and governance are interrelated and the implications for the organisation of knowledge and public life. The book is framed in three parts. Part one explores the emergence of public sociology as an ideal, as well as the broader public turn in the social sciences. Part two explores the changing relationship between government and civil society, including non-profit organisations. Part three draws these two themes together in an exploration of the politics of practice and relations of power.
Patricia Mooney Nickel is a political sociologist and critical social theorist in the School of Social and Cultural Studies at Victoria University of Wellington. She has published in the areas of critical social theory, public sociology, philanthropy and the nonprofit sector, and the sociology of governing. She is currently beginning work on a project that explores the themes of North American critical theory after postmodernism.
