Hyper-active governance : how governments manage the politics of expertise / Matthew Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, Matthew (Writer in political science), author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in comparative public policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government consultants.

Political planning.

Expertise--Political aspects.

Expertise.

Government accountability.

Physical Description:

xviii, 269 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"Hyper-active Governance is a new way of thinking about governing that puts debates over expertise at the heart. Contemporary governing requires delegation to experts, but also increases demands for political accountability. In this context, politicians and experts work together under political stress to adopt different governing relationships that appear more 'hands-off' or 'hands-on'. These approaches often serve to displace profound social and economic crises. Only a genuinely collaborative approach to governing, with an inclusive approach to expertise, can create democratically legitimate and effective governance in our accelerating world. Using detailed case studies and global datasets in various policy areas including medicines, flooding, water resources, central banking and electoral administration, the book develops a new typology of modes of governing. Drawing from innovative social theory, it breathes new life into debates about expert forms of governance and how to achieve real paradigm shifts in how we govern our increasingly hyper-active world"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. Introducing Hyper-active Governance: 1. The 'cult of the expert'; 2. Managing the 'expert-politics nexus': a conceptual map; Part II. Hyper-active Governance in Practice: 3. Defence: health technology assessment; 4. Empowerment: emergency management and flooding governance; 5. Inclusion: water resource governance; 6. Defend, empower and include: hyper-active governance in monetary policy and electoral administration; Part III. Theorising Hyper-active Governance: 7. Frenetically standing still: hyper-active governance and social acceleration; 8. Experts, politics and co-production: the need to rethink political authority.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781108492614

1108492614

OCLC:

1084618978