Rethinking Theories Of Governance
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Author |
: Christopher Ansell |
Publisher |
: Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 257 |
Release |
: 2023-10-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781789909197 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1789909198 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rethinking Theories of Governance by : Christopher Ansell
Considering whether theories of governance are useful for helping policymakers to meet and tackle contemporary challenges, this insightful book reflects on how a theory becomes useful and evaluates a range of theories according to whether they are warranted, diagnostic, and dialogical.
Author |
: Christopher Ansell |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2024-10-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1035352729 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781035352722 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rethinking Theories of Governance by : Christopher Ansell
Are theories of governance useful for helping policymakers and citizens meet and tackle contemporary challenges? This insightful book reflects on how a theory becomes useful and evaluates a range of theories according to whether they are warranted, diagnostic, and dialogical. By arguing that useful theory tells us what to ask, not what to do, Christopher Ansell investigates what it means for a theory to be useful. Analysing how governance theories address a variety of specific challenges, chapters examine intractable public problems, weak government accountability, violent conflict, global gridlock, poverty and the unsustainable exploitation of our natural resources. Finding significant tensions between state- and society-centric perspectives on governance, the book concludes with a suggestion that we refocus our theories of governance on possibilities for state-society synergy. Governance theories of the future, Ansell argues, should also strive for a more fruitful dialogue between instrumental, critical and explanatory perspectives. Examining both the conceptual and empirical basis of theories of governance, this comprehensive book will be an invigorating read for scholars and students in the fields of public administration, public policy and planning, development studies, political science and urban, environmental and global governance. By linking theories of governance to concrete societal challenges, it will also be of use to policymakers and practitioners concerned with these fields.
Author |
: Stephen Bell |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 234 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: 128265313X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781282653139 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (3X Downloads) |
Synopsis Rethinking Governance by : Stephen Bell
Seeking to make key developments in political science relevant to discussions about governance, this volume illustrates the dynamics of four modes of governance: via the use of markets; contracts; partnerships; and inculcating modes of self-discipline or compliance in target subjects.
Author |
: Mark Bevir |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 241 |
Release |
: 2016-03-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317496465 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317496469 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rethinking Governance by : Mark Bevir
This volume explores new directions of governance and public policy arising both from interpretive political science and those who engage with interpretive ideas. It conceives governance as the various policies and outcomes emerging from the increasing salience of neoclassical and institutional economics or, neoliberalism and new institutionalisms. In doing so, it suggests that that the British state consists of a vast array of meaningful actions that may coalesce into contingent, shifting, and contestable practices. Based on original fieldwork, it examines the myriad ways in which local actors - civil servants, mid-level public managers, and street level bureaucrats - have interpreted elite policy narratives and thus forged practices of governance on the ground. This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of governance and public policy.
Author |
: Stephen Bell |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 251 |
Release |
: 2009-07-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781139480017 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1139480014 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rethinking Governance by : Stephen Bell
Several problems plague contemporary thinking about governance. From the multiple definitions that are often vague and confusing, to the assumption that governance strategies, networks and markets represent attempts by weakening states to maintain control. Rethinking Governance questions this view and seeks to clarify how we understand governance. Arguing that it is best understood as 'the strategies used by governments to help govern', the authors counter the view that governments have been decentred. They show that far from receding, states are in fact enhancing their capacity to govern by developing closer ties with non-government sectors. Identifying five 'modes' of government (governance through hierarchy, persuasion, markets and contracts, community engagement, and network associations), Stephen Bell and Andrew Hindmoor use practical examples to explore the strengths and limitations of each. In so doing, they demonstrate how modern states are using a mixture of governance modes to address specific policy problems. This book demonstrates why the argument that states are being 'hollowed out' is overblown.
Author |
: Mark Beeson |
Publisher |
: Red Globe Press |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2019-03-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137588609 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1137588608 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rethinking Global Governance by : Mark Beeson
The world currently faces a number of challenges that no single country can solve. Whether it is managing a crisis-prone global economy, maintaining peace and stability, or trying to do something about climate change, there are some problems that necessitate collective action on the part of states and other actors. Global governance would seem functionally necessary and normatively desirable, but it is proving increasingly difficult to provide. This accessible introduction to, and analysis of, contemporary global governance explains what it is and the obstacles to its realization. Paying particular attention to the possible decline of American influence and the rise of China and a number of other actors, Mark Beeson explains why cooperation is proving difficult, despite its obvious need and desirability. This is an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying global governance or international organizations, and is also important reading for those working on political economy, international development and globalization.
Author |
: Desmond S. King |
Publisher |
: MacMillan Publishing Company |
Total Pages |
: 254 |
Release |
: 1996 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0333638522 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780333638521 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rethinking Local Democracy by : Desmond S. King
The transformation of British local government into a new and complex system of local governance raises fundamental theoretical questions as well as empirical ones. Rethinking Local Democracy argues that traditional defences of local government are no longer adequate and that the case for local autonomy and local democracy needs to be radically rethought. It brings together a set of specially-commissioned chapters by leading academics designed to stimulate and contribute to debate on these issues.
Author |
: Michael Zürn |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 331 |
Release |
: 2018-03-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780192551801 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0192551809 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Theory of Global Governance by : Michael Zürn
This book offers a major new theory of global governance, explaining both its rise and what many see as its current crisis. The author suggests that world politics is now embedded in a normative and institutional structure dominated by hierarchies and power inequalities and therefore inherently creates contestation, resistance, and distributional struggles. Within an ambitious and systematic new conceptual framework, the theory makes four key contributions. Firstly, it reconstructs global governance as a political system which builds on normative principles and reflexive authorities. Second, it identifies the central legitimation problems of the global governance system with a constitutionalist setting in mind. Third, it explains the rise of state and societal contestation by identifying key endogenous dynamics and probing the causal mechanisms that produced them. Finally, it identifies the conditions under which struggles in the global governance system lead to decline or deepening. Rich with propositions, insights, and evidence, the book promises to be the most important and comprehensive theoretical argument about world politics of the 21st century.
Author |
: Jacob Torfing |
Publisher |
: Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 253 |
Release |
: 2023-06-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781789909777 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1789909775 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rethinking Public Governance by : Jacob Torfing
In this innovative book, Jacob Torfing, a leading scholar of the field, critically evaluates emerging ideas, practices and institutions that are transforming how public governance is perceived, theorised and conducted in practice. With a novel focus on the production of innovative public value outcomes, it identifies cutting-edge developments in public governance and considers how it may transform in the future to present innovative solutions to societal problems.
Author |
: Ansell, Christopher |
Publisher |
: Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 656 |
Release |
: 2022-02-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781800371972 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1800371977 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Handbook on Theories of Governance by : Ansell, Christopher
The thoroughly revised and updated Handbook on Theories of Governance brings together leading scholars in the field to summarise and assess the diversity of governance theories. The Handbook advances a deeper theoretical understanding of governance processes, illuminating the interdisciplinary foundations of the field.