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Depoliticisation, governance and the state

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ID6326486
AuthorsMatthew Flinders (0000-0003-3585-9010, University of Sheffield), Matthew J A Wood (0000-0002-5436-6011, University of Sheffield), Matt Wood (University of Sheffield)
Year2014
Volume42
Issue2
Pages135-149
Publication date2014-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicy & Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442
PublisherBristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/030557312x655873
OpenAlexW2335147526
LanguageEN
Citations received86
References cited13

Depoliticisation refers to the narrowing of the boundaries of democratic politics. It is therefore intertwined with concerns about ‘the end of politics’ and the emergence of technocratic postdemocratic forms of governance. This article provides a broad theoretical and conceptual canvas upon which the various contributions to this special edition can be located and their interrelationships exposed. It achieves this by exploring the relevance of Carl Schmitt’s concept of ‘the political’, and particularly his analysis of ‘the age of neutralisations and depoliticisations’, to contemporary debates concerning depoliticisation, (re)politicisation and even hyper-depoliticisation

Corporate governance · Democracy · Democratic governance · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Relevance (law · Sociology · State (computer science · Technocracy · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Political Theology and Sovereignty · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Public Administration

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