Governance in Modern Society
Subtitle: Effects, Change and Formation of Government Institutions
By: edited by Oscar Heffen, Walter J. M. Kickert, Jacques J. A. Thomassen
Contributors: Kickert, Walter J. M.; Thomassen, Jacques J. A.
Series: Library of Public Policy and Public Administration -- 4; Library of Public Policy and Public Administration -- 4
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9789048155941; 9789401594868
Subjects: Economic policy; Industrial management; Information Systems; Social sciences
Description: Tremendous changes are affecting the institutions of government in many Western European countries. Globalisation, European integration, economic, technological, and societal developments have a major influence on public policies and governmental performance. These developments have furthered a framework in which governmental and non-governmental actors are linked by both reciprocal connections and more complex network relationships. This volume attempts to identify and analyse the effects, the change, and the formation of government institutions in relation to the above-mentioned developments. More specifically the following topics are discussed: the European Union as a system of multi-level governance, national government institutions and policies, change of government institutions and changing state-society relations, new public management reforms, ICT and changing organizational boundaries, political institutions and policy-oriented learning, management of public-private partnerships, interactive policy making, and structural legal institutions. This volume will be of particular interest to administrators, researchers, policy makers, and students in the field of public administration and public policy.
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