Rethinking Governance: The Centrality of the State in Modern Society
Stephen Bell · Andrew Hindmoor
Jul 2009 · Cambridge University Press
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251
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About this ebook
Several problems plague contemporary thinking about governance. From the multiple definitions that are often vague and confusing, to the assumption that governance strategies, networks and markets represent attempts by weakening states to maintain control. Rethinking Governance questions this view and seeks to clarify how we understand governance. Arguing that it is best understood as 'the strategies used by governments to help govern', the authors counter the view that governments have been decentred. They show that far from receding, states are in fact enhancing their capacity to govern by developing closer ties with non-government sectors. Identifying five 'modes' of government (governance through hierarchy, persuasion, markets and contracts, community engagement, and network associations), Stephen Bell and Andrew Hindmoor use practical examples to explore the strengths and limitations of each. In so doing, they demonstrate how modern states are using a mixture of governance modes to address specific policy problems. This book demonstrates why the argument that states are being 'hollowed out' is overblown.
About the author
Stephen Bell is Professor and Head of the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland.
Andrew Hindmoor is a Senior Lecturer in Public Policy in the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland.
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