Contents:.- Introduction: What is Governance?.- 1. Different Ways to Think About Governance.- 2. Conceptual and Theoretical Perspectives on Governance.- 3. The Transformation of Governance.- 4. Governance Beyond the State.- 5. Multi-level Governance.- 6. Metagovernance.- 7. Populism and Participatory Modes of Governance.- 8. State Strength and Governing Capacity.- 9. Governance Past, Present and Future.- Postscript: How do We Study Governance?
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.