GOVERNANCE, POLITICS
AND THE STATE
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GOVERNANCE,
POLITICS
AND THE STATE
JON PIERRE & B. GUY PETERS
2nd Edition
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CONTENTS
Preface to the second edition
Different ways to think about governance
Process and outcomes: The State as independent and dependent variable
Perspectives on governance
Governance as structure
Governance as process
Governance as an analytic framework
The importance of governance
Governance in other disciplines
Conceptual and theoretical perspectives on governance
Role of government in governance
The role of society
Linkages between State and society
Changing models
Theories of governance
Nation-states embedded and embedding
From government to governance: Institutions and governance
The transformation of governance
The conventional view on government
From conventional government towards interactive governance
Whats left of the State?
Concluding discussion
Governance beyond the state
Governance problems at the international level
Governing beyond the State
