Hybrid forms of governance : self-suspension of power / edited by Niels Åkerstrøm Andersen and Inger Sand.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andersen, Niels Åkerstrøm.

Sand, Inger-Johanne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Policy sciences.

Corporate governance.

Policy networks.

Physical Description:

xiii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

A refreshing and empirically founded discussion on the nature of power in contemporary society. This volume presents new critical analyses and theories on the hybridization of governance in the areas of financial policy, voluntary policy, educational policy and public steering technologies. The authors investigate how hybrids work and why they are so attractive. Why do contracts today look more like partnerships based on trust, dialogue and community feelings, and organizational decisions look like unbinding premises? This collection moves the hybrid discussion from metaphor to theory and provides diagnostics on the present condition of governance. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Suspension of Suspension: Notes on the Hybrid / Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, Andreas 12

2 Avoiding Unambiguity: Tensions in School Governing / Justine Grønboek Pors Pors, Justine Grønboek 30

3 The Love Affair Between the Policy and the Voluntary Organizations / Anders la Cour Cour, Anders la 46

4 Organizational Suspensions: A Desire for Interaction / Morten Knudsen Knudsen, Morten, Holger Højlund Højlund, Holger 64

5 The Suspension of Power in German Health Politics: Rising Demands and the Function of Suspension / Anna Henkel Henkel, Anna 85

6 Management as a Temporal Hybrid / Christian Frankel Frankel, Christian, Niels Thyge Thygesen Thygesen, Niels Thyge 102

7 The Self-suspension of Government: Hybrid Reform Technologies as a Response to the Government's Welfare State Conundrum / Lotte Jensen Jensen, Lotte 124

8 To Be or Not to Be a Head Teacher: The Need of Hybrids as Deparadoxification Machines / Camilla Sløk Sløk, Camilla 148

9 Who is the Monster? Welfare Agencies' Suspension of Power / Helene Ratner Ratner, Helene, Kaspar Villadsen Villadsen, Kaspar 167

10 Hybridization, Change and the Expansion of Law / Inger-Johanne Sand Sand, Inger-Johanne 186

11 To Promise a Promise: When Contractors Desire a Life-long Partnership / Niels Åkerstrøm Andersen Andersen, Niels Åkerstrøm 205.

ISBN:

9780230348011

0230348017

OCLC:

751748707