Governing Complex Societies: Trajectories and Scenarios

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Discusses governance in complex societies through institutional capacity, information, steering, and emerging models shaped by social, political, and economic complexity. Explores governance theories, garbage-can perspectives, governability across time/space/structure, multilevel governance, institutional relationships, accountability and democratic legitimacy, and concludes with governance’s relation to political power.

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Reading Time6 h 56 min

Governing Complex Societies Also by Jon Pierre CHALLENGES TO POLICY CAPACITY (co-editor with Martin Painter, 2005) POLITICIZATION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE (co-editor with B. Guy Peters, 2004) HANDBOOK OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (editor, 2003) POLITICIANS, BUREAUCRATS AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM (editor, 2001) DEBATING GOVERNANCE (editor, 2000) GOVERNANCE, POLITICS AND THE STATE (with B. Guy Peters, 2000) PARTNERSHIPS IN URBAN GOVERNANCE (editor, 1998) Also by B. Guy Peters AMERICAN PUBLIC POLICY (6th edn, 2004) THE POLITICS OF BUREAUCRACY (5th edn, 2001) COMPARATIVE POLITICS: Theory and Method (2000) GOVERNANCE, POLITICS AND THE STATE (with Jon Pierre, 2000) INSTITUTIONAL THEORY IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (1999) Governing Complex Societies Trajectories and Scenarios Jon Pierre Professor of Political Science University of Gothenburg, Sweden and B. Guy Peters Maurice Falk Professor of Government University of Pittsburgh, USA © Jon Pierre and B. Guy Peters 2005 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2005 978-1-4039-4660-7 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published in 2005 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-52376-4 ISBN 978-0-230-51264-1 (eBook) DOI 10. 1057/9780230512641 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pierre, Jon. Governing complex societies : trajectories and scenarios / Jon Pierre and B. Guy Peters. [p. cm](p. cm). Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Public administration. 2. Public administration—Europe. 3. Public-private sector cooperation. 4. Democracy. I. Peters, B. Guy. II. Title. JF1351.P54 2005 351 􀀁 .01—dc22 2004060144 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 Contents A

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