Governing the embedded state
Subtitle: the organizational dimension of governance
By: Bengt Jacobsson, Jon Pierre, and Göran Sundström
Contributors: Pierre, Jon; Sundström, Göran
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Oxford, United Kingdom
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9780199684168
Subjects: Public administration; Research
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-160) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.Governing the Embedded State; title: The Argument in Brief; title: Complexities of Governing; title: From Government to Governance; title: Stability and Change; title: Integrating Governance Theories and Organization Theories; title: Sweden as a Case; title: Empirical Data; title: Outline of the Book; title: 2.The Organizational Dimension of Governing; title: Dualism; title: -the Swedish Administrative Model; title: States as Organizations; title: Challenges to Governing; title: Conclusions; title: 3.Governing by Organizing; title: The Importance of "Setting the Stage"; title: Ways of Organizing; title: Creating Formal Organizations; title: Positioning; title: Fostering Competition; title: Distancing; title: Storytelling; title: Conclusions; title: 4.Governing by Microsteering; title: Anticipation; title: Inviting Authority; title: Re-politicization; title: Modification; title: Conclusions; title: 5.Governing and Administrative Reform; title: Administrative Reform; title: Administrative Reform and Governing; title: Management by Results; title: Supportive Reforms; title: Learning from Administrative Reforms; title: Conclusions; title: 6.Governing Social Complexity: Metagovernance and Microsteering; title: Summarizing the Main Empirical Findings; title: Trouble in Paradise?