Modern Governance: New Government-Society InteractionsJan Kooiman This wide-ranging text provides an overview of major developments in governance in contemporary society. It illuminates recent theories about the relationship of the public and private sectors, and the interaction of politics and society. The main development in recent years is shown as a shift in the balance between government and society towards the private sector. The book explores the ways in which new balances have been struck between state and market. It examines such new ventures in public-private interaction and endeavours to explain them in terms of coping with the dynamics, complexities and diversities of modern society. In doing so, it develops the outline of a new theory of social-political governance. |
Contents
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USING COMPLEXITY DYNAMICS AND DIVERSITY | 35 |
PREDICAMENTS | 49 |
THE CASE OF LABOUR MARKET MANAGEMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND | 51 |
THE QUESTION OF EDUCATION IN FINLAND | 63 |
ACTORS INSTITUTIONS AND THE ROOM FOR MANOEUVRE | 75 |
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE BELGIAN FIRE SERVICES | 145 |
PUBLIC TASKS AND PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS | 159 |
PROSPECTS FOR REFORM | 171 |
FROM IMITATION TO INNOVATION | 173 |
CONCEPTUAL EXPLORATIONS OF PUBLIC NETWORK MANAGEMENT | 191 |
THE CASE OF FINLAND | 205 |
17 MODES OF GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE | 219 |
EVALUATIONS | 233 |
EXPERIENCES | 87 |
8 THE GOVERNANCE OF DATA PROTECTION | 89 |
OPTIONS AND CONSTRAINTS FOR COMMUNICATIVE GOVERNANCE | 105 |
A MODEL FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PUBLICPRIVATE COOPERATION | 119 |
THE CHANNEL TUNNEL DECISION IN FRANCE AND BRITAIN | 131 |
BRITAIN AND FRANCE | 235 |
19 FINDINGS SPECULATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS | 249 |
ABOUT THE AUTHORS | 263 |
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