Key concepts in governance / Mark Bevir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bevir, Mark.

Series:

SAGE key concepts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration.

State, The.

Physical Description:

ix, 218 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2009.

Summary:

Sage key concepts

The Sage Key Concepts series provides students with accessible and authoritative knowledge of the essential topics in a variety of disciplines. Cross-referenced throughout, the format encourages critical evaluation through understanding. Written by experienced and respected academics, the books are indispensable study aids and guides to comprehension.

Key Concepts in Governance

The language of governance has risen to prominence in the last 20 years as a way of describing and explaining changes in the nature and role of the state, but the concepts involved can be confusing as they are often new and come from diverse disciplinary and theoretical settings.

Key Concepts in Governance provides a clear introduction to the technical concepts and policies of contemporary governance through short definitional essays. Each entry features:

a snapshot definition of the concept

a contextualization of the concept

an overview of relevant debates

a guide to further reading.

The book also includes a substantial introductory chapter which gives an overview of governance studies as a whole, orientating and guiding the reader around the issues that the concepts address.

Highly readable, with clear cross referencing, this is an ideal book for students on introductory courses and an indispensable resource for anyone interested in governance.

`An authoritative short survey for which students and teachers alike will be profoundly grateful.' Professor Rod Rhodes, University of Tasmania and Australian National University

Contents:

Part I What is Governance? 1

Part II The Concepts 31

Accountability 33

Bureaucracy 37

Capacity 41

Centre-local relations 44

Collaborative governance 47

Collective action problem 50

Communitarianism 53

Coordination 56

Corporatism 60

Decentralization 64

Dialogic policy-making 67

Differentiated polity 71

Enabling state 74

Environmental governance 78

Evidence-based policy 82

Global governance 85

Globalization 89

Good governance 92

Governance Indicators 96

Hierarchy 100

Implementation 103

Incrementalism 106

Institutionalism 110

Interdependence 114

Local governance 117

Managing networks 121

Market 124

Marketization 127

Metagovernance 131

Multilevel governance 134

Network 137

New Public Management 141

Participatory democracy 145

Pluralism 149

Policy cycle 152

Policy network 156

Public-private partnerships 160

Rational choice theory 163

Regionalism 167

Regulation 171

Regulation theory 175

Representative democracy 179

Rule of law 182

Social capital 186

Social constructivism 189

Social inclusion 193

Sovereignty 196

State 199

Systems theory 202

Transnationalism 206.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-218).

ISBN:

1412935695

9781412935692

1412935709

9781412935708

OCLC:

228363142