Modern Governance: New Government-Society Interactions

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Jan Kooiman
SAGE, Jan 20, 1993 - Political Science - 288 pages
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

CONCEPTUALIZATIONS
7
SOME COMMENTS ON ATHEORETICAL PARADIGM
9
3 MODES OF GOVERNANCE
21
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
BIBLIOGRAPHY
267
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