Anti-Politics, Depoliticization, and Governance

326 Pages·2017·1.81 MB·English

by  Paul Fawcett

Anti-Politics, Depoliticization, and Governance

Anti-Politics, Depoliticization,
and Governance
Edited by
Paul Fawcett, Matthew Flinders,
Colin Hay, and Matthew Wood
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Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to several anonymous referees who contributed
their time to rigorously reviewing chapters for this edited collection, and to
Dominic Byatt at Oxford University Press for his support. Matthew Wood
acknowledgessupportfromtheEconomicandSocialResearchCouncilFuture
LeadersGrantScheme(ES/L010925/1) andPaulFawcettacknowledgesfund-
ing from the Australian Research Council Discovery Project (DP120104155).
Matthew Wood also acknowledges support from the University of Canberra
InstituteforGovernanceandPolicyAnalysis,whichfundedavisitingresearch
fellowshipduringwhichtheideaforthiscollectionwasdeveloped.

Contents
ListofFiguresandTables ix
ListofAbbreviations xi
ListofContributors xv
PartI. TheoreticalInnovations
1. Anti-Politics,Depoliticization,andGovernance 3
PaulFawcett,MatthewFlinders,ColinHay,andMatthewWood
2. TheJanusFaceofGovernanceTheory:Depoliticizing
orRepoliticizingPublicGovernance? 28
EvaSørensenandJacobTorfing
3. Depoliticization,Repoliticization,andDeliberativeSystems 49
ClaudiaLandwehr
4. Politicization,NewMedia,andEverydayDeliberation 68
RousileyC.M.Maia
PartII. ConceptualandMethodologicalDevelopment
5. GlobalGovernanceDepoliticized:KnowledgeNetworks,
Scientization,andAnti-Policy 91
DianeStone
6. ASEAN,Anti-Politics,andHumanRights 112
KellyGerard
7. MultilevelGovernanceandDepoliticization 134
YannisPapadopoulos
PartIII. NewEmpiricalHorizons
8. DepoliticizationasaCoordinationProblem:Functional
ChangeinaSystemofMultilevelEconomicGovernance 169
HollySnaith
Contents
9. TheMeta-GovernanceofAusterity,Localism,andPractices
ofDepoliticization 195
StevenGriggs,DavidHowarth,andEleanorMacKillop
10. Depoliticization,Meta-Governance,andCoalSeamGas
RegulationinNewSouthWales 217
PaulFawcettandMatthewWood
PartIV. DiscussionandDebate
11. TowardsaPoliticalEconomyofDepoliticizationStrategies:
HelptoBuy,theOfficeforBudgetResponsibility,
andtheUKGrowthModel 245
CraigBerryandScottLavery
12. EmbracingtheMixedNatureofPolitics 266
GerryStoker
13. Conclusion:ARenewedAgendaforStudyingAnti-Politics,
Depoliticization,andGovernance 283
PaulFawcett,MatthewFlinders,ColinHay,andMatthewWood
Index 299
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List of Figures and Tables
Figures
1.1 Principles,tactics,andtoolsofdepoliticization 11
1.2 Politicizationanddepoliticizationprocesses 11
7.1 Fourdimensionsofdepoliticization 142
10.1 Toptwentyissuesexpressedinpublicsubmissionsmadetothe
IndependentReviewofCoalSeamGasActivitiesinNSW 227
12.1 Whatmotivatespoliticians? 270
Tables
12.1 Propertiesoffastandslowthinking 273
12.2 Negativesaboutcontemporarypolitics 275