Power, rule, and legitimacy have always been core concerns of political science. In the 1970s, when governability appeared to be problematic, legitimacy was discussed both in the context of policy research and by critics of the capitalist state. More recently interest turned to governance beyond...

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Critique and its (dis-)contents -- pt. 3. Difference, otherness, marginality -- pt. 4. Knowledge at the crossroads -- pt. 5. History and discourse -- pt. 6. Global predicaments.