Having started out as a new and alternative way of thinking about policy making and governing more broadly, governance is now established as a dominant paradigm in understanding national, subnational and global politics.
The long-awaited second edition of this textbook takes into account the significant growth and proliferation of the field in recent years and offers a state of the art introduction to how governance is being theorised and studied today.
Written by two leading political scientists, Governance, Politics and the State considers how societies are being, and can be, steered in a complex world where states must increasingly interact with and influence other actors and institutions to achieve results. It is a valuable book for all students of governance.
New to this Edition:
- A fully updated and revised set of chapters, including four new chapters - on multilevel governance, global governance, metagovernance and populism and governance.
- A postscript on how to study governance
Omschrijving
Having started out as a new and alternative way of thinking about policy making and governing more broadly, governance is now established as a dominant paradigm in understanding national, subnational and global politics.
The long-awaited second edition of this textbook takes into account the significant growth and proliferation of the field in recent years and offers a state of the art introduction to how governance is being theorised and studied today.
Written by two leading political scientists, Governance, Politics and the State considers how societies are being, and can be, steered in a complex world where states must increasingly interact with and influence other actors and institutions to achieve results. It is a valuable book for all students of governance.
New to this Edition:
- A fully updated and revised set of chapters, including four new chapters - on multilevel governance, global governance, metagovernance and populism and governance.
- A postscript on how to study governance
Promotionele informatie
This textbook is the first systematic introduction to the term 'governance'; its nature, meaning and significance. Its central concern is with how societies are being, and can be, steered in a complex world where states must interact with and influence other actors to achieve results.
Productspecificaties
- Auteur: Jon Pierre (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
- Serie: Political Analysis
- Uitgever: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
- Verschijningsdatum: 2020-01-30
- Aantal pagina's: 211
- ISBN: 9780230220454
- Thema: Comparative politics
- BISAC: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics
Over de auteur
Jon Pierre is Professor of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His main research interests include theories of governance, public administration, public management and urban politics.
B. Guy Peters is Maurice Falk Professor of American Government at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. His main research interests include areas of public administration and public policy, both for the United States and comparatively.