Comparative Governance: Rediscovering the Functional Dimension of Governing

ISBN-13: 9781316615416 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 230 str.

Professor B. Guy Peters; Jon Pierre

Opis

Proposes a new, advanced theory of governance, emphasizing the interactions of the state with other actors.

Recenzje

'The book provides a framework for better understanding of the theories of governance and is a major contribution in that direction. … Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.' A. R. Abootalebi, Choice

Spis treści

Preface; 1. The governance problem; 2. The theory of governance; 3. Decision-making: the essence of governing; 4. Governance and comparative politics; 5. The institutional politics of intergovernmental relationships; 6. Implementation, administration and governance; 7. Governance failure, functional failure and state failure; 8. The change of governance and the governance of change; 9. Conclusions: governance, functionalism and comparative politics; References; Index.