Governance in Modern Society
Subtitle: Effects, Change and Formation of Government Institutions (Library of Public Policy and Public Administration)
Contributors: Oscar van Heffen (Editor); Walter J.M. Kickert (Editor); Jacques J.A. Thomassen (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780792366539
Subjects: Central government policies; State, The; Politics / Current Events; Netherlands; Politics/International Relations; Political History; Political Science; Political aspects; Western Continental Europe; Policy sciences; Economics - General; General; Information Technology; Business & Economics : Economics - General; Computers : Information Technology; Political Science / General; Social Change; Politics and government; History & Theory - General; Sociology - General; Europe
First sentence: In recent decades, Dutch society, just like the rest of Western Europe, has been confronted with globalization, Europeanisation, economic restructuring, rapid technological innovation, first steps on the way towards the so-called knowledge society or knowledge economy, ongoing processes of individualization and societal pluriformity.