Services, Modes of Governance and the State

Abstract

This June 2016 issue of STSS, although with no pre-intended thematic focus, has attracted three articles and a book review on governance and the relationship between the state and its citizens. By looking at issues as varied as police reform, business-state relationships and pension system in Croatia, our hope is to further stir a dialogue on the validity of neoliberal hypotheses that have recently come under increasing criticism. The review of the book Polarising Development by Pradella and Marois (2015) is a nice addition to these papers and enables us to engage more comprehensively in a discussion on possible alternatives and modes of governance to which we have recently contributed.