Administering Civil Society: Towards a Theory of State Power

Neocleous, M.

To preserve social order the state must administer civil society, with a threefold purpose - the fashioning of the market, the constitution of legal subjectivity and the subsumption of struggle. In Administering Civil Society Mark Neocleous offers a rethinking of the state-civil society distinction through the idea of political administration. This is achieved through an original reading of Hegel's Philosophy of Right and an insightful critique of Foucault's account of power and administration. The outcome is a highly provocative theory of state power.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1996-10-29

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333658543

DOI: 10.1057/9780230379978

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 235