TY - JOUR TI - The European Idea of Ruling and Governing in the Light of Conceptual History AU - Pekonen, Kyösti T2 - Contributions to the History of Concepts AB - The article examines, through the use of conceptual history, the semantics of ruling and government in Europe. The author identifies the discourses that have been constructed in order to answer the question of what can be ruled and governed in European cultures and shows how their prominence and timing have varied in different political cultures. DA - 2009/// PY - 2009 DO - 10.1163/180793209X12599171659619 DP - IngentaConnect VL - 5 IS - 2 SP - 187 EP - 207 LA - English UR - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/berghahn/coco/2009/00000005/00000002/art00004 KW - Governance KW - Government ER -