
Governing Complex Societies
Trajectories and Scenarios
Published on 26. April 2005
Book
Hardback
VI, 158 pages
978-1-4039-4660-7 (ISBN)
Description
Western societies are becoming increasingly complex and challenging to govern, yet the modern state continues to play a central role in governance. This book presents a detailed analysis of the challenges confronting the contemporary state and the processes through which the state addresses those challenges. The notion of 'governing without government' is critiqued; instead, Pierre and Peters argue that what is happening a more a matter of state transformation than state decline.
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Edition
2005 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave USA
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
VI, 158 p.
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 146 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
362 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4039-4660-7 (9781403946607)
DOI
10.1057/9780230512641
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Persons
JON PIERRE is Professor of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. He previously held a Chair in Politics at the University of Strathclyde. He is author or editor of fifteen books are a large number of journal articles.
B. GUY PETERS is Maurice Falk Professor of American Government at the University of Pittsburgh, Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Management at the Catholic University of Leuven, and Senior Fellow of the Canadian Centre for Management Development. He is author or editor of over 50 books in comparative politics, public administration and public policy.
B. GUY PETERS is Maurice Falk Professor of American Government at the University of Pittsburgh, Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Management at the Catholic University of Leuven, and Senior Fellow of the Canadian Centre for Management Development. He is author or editor of over 50 books in comparative politics, public administration and public policy.
Content
Acknowledgements Understanding Governance: Institutional Capacity, Information and Steering Towards a Theory of Governance Governance: A Garbage Can Perspective Governance and Governability: Time, Space and Structure Multi-Level Governance: A Faustian Bargain? Subordination or Partnership?: Changing Institutional Relationships in Comparative Perspective Governance, Accountability and Democratic Legitimacy Conclusion: Governance and Political Power References