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Governing Out of Order: Space, Law, and the Politics of Belonging.(Review) (book reviews)

Glass, James M.

Governing Out of Order: Space, Law, and the Politics of Belonging. By Davina Cooper. London and New York: Rivers Oram, 1998. 242p. $50.00 cloth, $19.50 paper.

Governing Out of Order is a fascinating, analysis of institutional change from a postmodernist, Foucauldian position. Davina Cooper, who teaches law at the University of War-wick, has fashioned a synthesis of case material and theory that takes a fresh and novel look at the world of institutions and the nature of institutional change. She takes snapshots of governing institutions, drawn from England, and analyzes these ...