Understanding Governance - Brossura

Rhodes, .

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0335197272 ISBN 13: 9780335197279

Casa editrice: Open University Press, 1997

Riassunto

Understanding Governance asks:

* What has changed in British government over the past two decades, how and why?

* Why do so many government policies fail?

* What does the shift from government to governance mean for the practice and study of British government?

This book provides a challenging reinterpretation which interweaves an account of recent institutional changes in central, local and European Union government with methodological innovations and theoretical analysis. It emphasizes: the inability of the 'Westminster model', with its accent on parliamentary sovereignty and strong executive leadership, to account for persistent policy failure; the 'hollowing out' of British government from above (the European Union), below (special purpose bodies) and sideways (to agencies); and the need to respond to the postmodern challenge, rethinking the methodological and theoretical assumptions in the study of British government. Professor Rhodes makes a significant and timely contribution to our understanding of government and governance.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

R A W Rhodes is Professor of Politics (Research) at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Director of the Economic and Social Research Council's Whitehall Research Programme; and editor of Public Administration. The author or editor of fifteen books, his most recent publications include ( edited with Patrick Dunleavy), Prime Minister, Cabinet and Core Executive (Macmillan, 1995); and (edited with P. Weller and H. Bakvis),The Hollow Crown (Macmillan, 1996).

Contenuti:

Preface

Part one: Introduction

Governing without government
order and change in British politics

Part two: Theory

Policy networks in British political science
The new governance

Part three: Methodology

The institutional approach

Part four: Applications

Reinventing Whitehall
the hollowing out of the state
Now nobody understands the system
the changing face of local government
The European Union, cohesion policy and sub-national authorities in the United Kingdom

Part five: Developments

From institutions to dogma
tradition, eclecticism and ideology in the study of British public administration
Towards a postmodern Public Administration
epoch, epistemology or narrative
Bibliography
Index.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Open University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0335197272
• ISBN 13: 9780335197279
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 252