Governing Subjects :/ an introduction to the study of politics / Balbus Isaac D

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; General Introduction; Part I 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 II Markets and Power; Introduction; 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 Governance14 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 III Culture and Identity; Introduction; 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 IV Conclusion; Introduction; 25 The Subject; 26 The Subject in the Group; 27 Identity Politics Revisited. 28 The Subject in NatureGlossary of Names; Endnotes; Bibliography;