Governing the embedded state : the organizational dimension of governance /

Governing the embedded state' integrates governance theory with organization theory and examines how states address social complexity and international embeddedness. Drawing upon extensive empirical research on the Swedish government system, this volume describes a strategy of governance based...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Jacobsson, Bengt (Autor), Pierre, Jon (Autor), Sundström, Göran (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Public administration > Research > Sweden.
Political science > Social aspects > Research.
Administration publique (Science) > Recherche > Suède.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Public administration > Research
Sweden
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Governing the Embedded State
  • The Argument in Brief
  • Complexities of Governing
  • From Government to Governance
  • Stability and Change
  • Integrating Governance Theories and Organization Theories
  • Sweden as a Case
  • Empirical Data
  • Outline of the Book
  • 2. The Organizational Dimension of Governing
  • Dualism
  • the Swedish Administrative Model
  • States as Organizations
  • Challenges to Governing
  • Conclusions
  • 3. Governing by Organizing
  • The Importance of "Setting the Stage"
  • Ways of Organizing
  • Creating Formal Organizations
  • Positioning
  • Fostering Competition
  • Distancing
  • Storytelling
  • Conclusions
  • 4. Governing by Microsteering
  • Anticipation
  • Inviting Authority
  • Re-politicization
  • Modification
  • Conclusions
  • 5. Governing and Administrative Reform
  • Administrative Reform
  • Administrative Reform and Governing
  • Management by Results
  • Supportive Reforms
  • Learning from Administrative Reforms
  • Conclusions
  • 6. Governing Social Complexity: Metagovernance and Microsteering
  • Summarizing the Main Empirical Findings
  • Trouble in Paradise?

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