Rhodes Bevir
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199580750
- eISBN:
- 9780191723179
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199580750.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics, Political Theory
This chapter takes the concepts explained in Chapter 4 and applies them to present-day approaches to the changing state. Such changes are typically described as a shift to governance. First-wave ...
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This chapter takes the concepts explained in Chapter 4 and applies them to present-day approaches to the changing state. Such changes are typically described as a shift to governance. First-wave studies of governance typically describe changes in the state and its links to civil society as akin to a differentiated polity. This polity was characterized by a hollowed-out state, a core executive fumbling to pull rubber levers of control, and, most notably, a massive spread of policy networks. Second-wave studies of governance herald a return to the state with the idea of metagovernance. The chapter pronounces the death of both narratives, because there is no single account or theory of contemporary governance, only the differing constructions of several traditions. Therefore, the chapter identifies a third wave of governance that focuses on the stateless state. The state arises out of the diverse actions and practices inspired by varied beliefs and traditions. The state, or pattern of rule, is the contingent product of diverse actions and political struggles informed by the beliefs of agents rooted in traditions. We identify new research topics suggested by our decentred analysis under the headings of the ‘3Rs’ of rule, rationalities, and resistance.Less
This chapter takes the concepts explained in Chapter 4 and applies them to present-day approaches to the changing state. Such changes are typically described as a shift to governance. First-wave studies of governance typically describe changes in the state and its links to civil society as akin to a differentiated polity. This polity was characterized by a hollowed-out state, a core executive fumbling to pull rubber levers of control, and, most notably, a massive spread of policy networks. Second-wave studies of governance herald a return to the state with the idea of metagovernance. The chapter pronounces the death of both narratives, because there is no single account or theory of contemporary governance, only the differing constructions of several traditions. Therefore, the chapter identifies a third wave of governance that focuses on the stateless state. The state arises out of the diverse actions and practices inspired by varied beliefs and traditions. The state, or pattern of rule, is the contingent product of diverse actions and political struggles informed by the beliefs of agents rooted in traditions. We identify new research topics suggested by our decentred analysis under the headings of the ‘3Rs’ of rule, rationalities, and resistance.
Bob Jessop
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- May 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781447354956
- eISBN:
- 9781447355007
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447354956.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Democratization
This book interprets civil society both as a shifting horizon of action and as an ensemble of governance arrangements with diverse agents rather than as a fixed reality with a definite substance. Its ...
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This book interprets civil society both as a shifting horizon of action and as an ensemble of governance arrangements with diverse agents rather than as a fixed reality with a definite substance. Its focus is not so much on civil society as it is on governance, metagovernance, and their forms of failure. These phenomena are examined from a governance theoretical viewpoint concerned with the coordination through self-organizing networks, partnerships and other forms of reflexive collaboration and, relatedly, in terms of an alleged ‘shift from government to governance’ in the polity and similar shifts from hierarchical authority to networked or ‘heterarchical’ coordination in many other social fields. After exploring these themes, the book presents the two phases of the WISERD civil society research programme and locates it in terms of Marx, Gramsci, and Foucault. The book then presents Bob Jessop’s own case studies of the role of governance in tackling economic and social problems and the limits and failures of economic and social policy in various styles of governance. It concludes with remarks on the struggle to integrate civil society into governance, and the power of social networks and solidarity within civil society. It thereby provides a comprehensive review of the factors that influence their success and identifies lessons for future social innovation.Less
This book interprets civil society both as a shifting horizon of action and as an ensemble of governance arrangements with diverse agents rather than as a fixed reality with a definite substance. Its focus is not so much on civil society as it is on governance, metagovernance, and their forms of failure. These phenomena are examined from a governance theoretical viewpoint concerned with the coordination through self-organizing networks, partnerships and other forms of reflexive collaboration and, relatedly, in terms of an alleged ‘shift from government to governance’ in the polity and similar shifts from hierarchical authority to networked or ‘heterarchical’ coordination in many other social fields. After exploring these themes, the book presents the two phases of the WISERD civil society research programme and locates it in terms of Marx, Gramsci, and Foucault. The book then presents Bob Jessop’s own case studies of the role of governance in tackling economic and social problems and the limits and failures of economic and social policy in various styles of governance. It concludes with remarks on the struggle to integrate civil society into governance, and the power of social networks and solidarity within civil society. It thereby provides a comprehensive review of the factors that influence their success and identifies lessons for future social innovation.
Bengt Jacobsson, Jon Pierre, and Göran Sundström
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199684168
- eISBN:
- 9780191764714
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199684168.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
This book enhances our understanding of how states address social complexity and international embeddedness by bringing in the organizational dimension of governance. Drawing on extensive empirical ...
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This book enhances our understanding of how states address social complexity and international embeddedness by bringing in the organizational dimension of governance. Drawing on extensive empirical research on the Swedish core executive, the book describes a strategy of governance based on a metagovernance model of steering by designing institutional structures. This strategy is supplemented by microsteering of administrative structures within the path dependencies put in place through metagovernance. Both of these strategies of steering rely on subtle methods of providing political guidance to the public service where norms of loyalty to the government characterize the relationship between politicians and civil servants. The book integrates governance theory with organization theory and places the Swedish case in a comparative context.Less
This book enhances our understanding of how states address social complexity and international embeddedness by bringing in the organizational dimension of governance. Drawing on extensive empirical research on the Swedish core executive, the book describes a strategy of governance based on a metagovernance model of steering by designing institutional structures. This strategy is supplemented by microsteering of administrative structures within the path dependencies put in place through metagovernance. Both of these strategies of steering rely on subtle methods of providing political guidance to the public service where norms of loyalty to the government characterize the relationship between politicians and civil servants. The book integrates governance theory with organization theory and places the Swedish case in a comparative context.
Lee A. Bygrave
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199687343
- eISBN:
- 9780191767494
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199687343.001.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Intellectual Property, IT, and Media Law
The book is concerned with the following issues: (i) what is the role of contract in governance of the Internet; (ii) why does contract play that role; and (iii) what is its utility and legitimacy in ...
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The book is concerned with the following issues: (i) what is the role of contract in governance of the Internet; (ii) why does contract play that role; and (iii) what is its utility and legitimacy in doing so? In casting light on these issues, the book also describes the general role played by statute in Internet governance along with the reasons for that role. The book shows that contract is often preferred over statute because it enables flexible micro-management of the digital environment more easily than statute does. However, the book also shows that the relative roles played by each type of instrument are fluid and that statute is assuming an increasingly salient position in particular contexts. At the same time, the book queries some of the assumptions commonly made about the utility and legitimacy of contract. In particular, it highlights strong hierarchical elements in many of the contractual relations in the field—elements that manifest and engender strong power imbalances. Despite these power imbalances, the book finds that there are slim prospects for introducing any new international statutory overlay that dramatically reduces the role of contract in the field.Less
The book is concerned with the following issues: (i) what is the role of contract in governance of the Internet; (ii) why does contract play that role; and (iii) what is its utility and legitimacy in doing so? In casting light on these issues, the book also describes the general role played by statute in Internet governance along with the reasons for that role. The book shows that contract is often preferred over statute because it enables flexible micro-management of the digital environment more easily than statute does. However, the book also shows that the relative roles played by each type of instrument are fluid and that statute is assuming an increasingly salient position in particular contexts. At the same time, the book queries some of the assumptions commonly made about the utility and legitimacy of contract. In particular, it highlights strong hierarchical elements in many of the contractual relations in the field—elements that manifest and engender strong power imbalances. Despite these power imbalances, the book finds that there are slim prospects for introducing any new international statutory overlay that dramatically reduces the role of contract in the field.
Jacob Torfing, B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre, and Eva Sørensen
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199596751
- eISBN:
- 9780191738180
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199596751.003.0007
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
Institutionalizing governance, whether interactive or not, is an aspect of forming the governance process. Even the interactive model, which by its definition is more subject to change and is defined ...
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Institutionalizing governance, whether interactive or not, is an aspect of forming the governance process. Even the interactive model, which by its definition is more subject to change and is defined by the interactions of the participants, requires some degree of institutionalization if it is to provide the stability and predictability needed by its members for effective governance. Likewise, even if there is an attempt to be inclusive in involving social actors in processes of interaction, there will still be some need to establish boundaries defining who is a legitimate participant in the process and who is not. This chapter examines factors involved in creating and dismantling processes of governance and metagovernance. This examination employs institutionalization as the central lens for understanding the construction of stable processes for managing policy and administration. Further, we will be examining the deinstitutionalization of these processes as well as their creation. Institutions, whether of governance or metagovernance, are not created for once and for all, but rather take the form of continuous processes of institutionalization and deinstitutionalization. In this particular case, one hypothesis guiding the analysis might be that there would be an interaction between these two aspects of policymaking – governance and metagovernance – so that when one increases the other would wane. The alternative hypothesis might be that the two vary together so that effective governance will require effective metagovernance.Less
Institutionalizing governance, whether interactive or not, is an aspect of forming the governance process. Even the interactive model, which by its definition is more subject to change and is defined by the interactions of the participants, requires some degree of institutionalization if it is to provide the stability and predictability needed by its members for effective governance. Likewise, even if there is an attempt to be inclusive in involving social actors in processes of interaction, there will still be some need to establish boundaries defining who is a legitimate participant in the process and who is not. This chapter examines factors involved in creating and dismantling processes of governance and metagovernance. This examination employs institutionalization as the central lens for understanding the construction of stable processes for managing policy and administration. Further, we will be examining the deinstitutionalization of these processes as well as their creation. Institutions, whether of governance or metagovernance, are not created for once and for all, but rather take the form of continuous processes of institutionalization and deinstitutionalization. In this particular case, one hypothesis guiding the analysis might be that there would be an interaction between these two aspects of policymaking – governance and metagovernance – so that when one increases the other would wane. The alternative hypothesis might be that the two vary together so that effective governance will require effective metagovernance.
Jacob Torfing, B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre, and Eva Sørensen
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199596751
- eISBN:
- 9780191738180
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199596751.003.0008
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
This chapter discusses how interactive forms of governance can be metagoverned. It provides a comprehensive discussion of metagovernance that brings together different theoretical contributions and ...
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This chapter discusses how interactive forms of governance can be metagoverned. It provides a comprehensive discussion of metagovernance that brings together different theoretical contributions and draws on empirical experiences from different countries and levels. The basic argument is that metagovernance is not only a new and important task for governments and other capable actors but also a difficult task that is prone to failure. The chapter begins with a brief assessment of the growing concern for metagovernance avant la lettre. As such, it is claimed that although the concept of metagovernance is new, it helps us to understand practices of “regulated self-regulation” that have played an increasing role in the last few decades. This introductory discussion is followed by an overview of different theoretical approaches to metagovernance. The central insights from these approaches are used to create a more elaborate definition of metagovernance. The next section aims to show how the concept of metagovernance can help us to avoid the misguided idea that interactive governance drastically reduces the role of the government and to secure the democratic anchorage of quasi-markets, networks, and partnerships in elected politicians. The main part of the chapter analyzes the various objectives, tools, and forms of metagovernance and critically reflects on the limits, challenges, and dilemmas of metagovernance. The chapter is concluded with a discussion of what it takes to become a metagovernor and a brief discussion of the future research agenda.Less
This chapter discusses how interactive forms of governance can be metagoverned. It provides a comprehensive discussion of metagovernance that brings together different theoretical contributions and draws on empirical experiences from different countries and levels. The basic argument is that metagovernance is not only a new and important task for governments and other capable actors but also a difficult task that is prone to failure. The chapter begins with a brief assessment of the growing concern for metagovernance avant la lettre. As such, it is claimed that although the concept of metagovernance is new, it helps us to understand practices of “regulated self-regulation” that have played an increasing role in the last few decades. This introductory discussion is followed by an overview of different theoretical approaches to metagovernance. The central insights from these approaches are used to create a more elaborate definition of metagovernance. The next section aims to show how the concept of metagovernance can help us to avoid the misguided idea that interactive governance drastically reduces the role of the government and to secure the democratic anchorage of quasi-markets, networks, and partnerships in elected politicians. The main part of the chapter analyzes the various objectives, tools, and forms of metagovernance and critically reflects on the limits, challenges, and dilemmas of metagovernance. The chapter is concluded with a discussion of what it takes to become a metagovernor and a brief discussion of the future research agenda.
Jacob Torfing, B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre, and Eva Sørensen
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199596751
- eISBN:
- 9780191738180
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199596751.003.0010
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
The attempt of the public metagovernors to enhance the contribution of networks and partnerships to effective governance must be guided by a clear assessment of their effectivity. The first section ...
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The attempt of the public metagovernors to enhance the contribution of networks and partnerships to effective governance must be guided by a clear assessment of their effectivity. The first section argues that in order to measure the effectivity of networks and partnerships, we must move beyond the traditional notions of cost efficiency, operational effectiveness, and allocative efficiency. Alternatively, it is proposed that the effectivity of network-types of governance is measured in relation to a set of criteria that aims to capture the specific promises in terms of effective governance that are identified in the burgeoning literature on networks and partnerships. The second section provides a detailed account of a number of assessment criteria and provides operational definition of these. The discussion of how to conduct a criteria-based assessment of the effectivity of networks and partnerships is followed by a brief discussion of how different metagovernance tools can help to improve the effectivity of interactive governance arrangements.Less
The attempt of the public metagovernors to enhance the contribution of networks and partnerships to effective governance must be guided by a clear assessment of their effectivity. The first section argues that in order to measure the effectivity of networks and partnerships, we must move beyond the traditional notions of cost efficiency, operational effectiveness, and allocative efficiency. Alternatively, it is proposed that the effectivity of network-types of governance is measured in relation to a set of criteria that aims to capture the specific promises in terms of effective governance that are identified in the burgeoning literature on networks and partnerships. The second section provides a detailed account of a number of assessment criteria and provides operational definition of these. The discussion of how to conduct a criteria-based assessment of the effectivity of networks and partnerships is followed by a brief discussion of how different metagovernance tools can help to improve the effectivity of interactive governance arrangements.
Craig Willse
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780816693474
- eISBN:
- 9781452952505
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816693474.003.0004
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Ethical Issues and Debates
Chapter Three moves to an historical analysis of the role of the federal government in homeless management, tracing two moments of federal intervention, during the early New Deal of the 1930s and ...
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Chapter Three moves to an historical analysis of the role of the federal government in homeless management, tracing two moments of federal intervention, during the early New Deal of the 1930s and then in the mid-1980s. The chapter argues that different forms of federal intervention in those two eras point to a shift of understanding homelessness as a crisis of labor in the former to one of consumption in the latter. The introduction of federal oversight in 1987 produces metagovernance, or the governance of governance, as subnational states and cities must shape their local responses to new federal funding requirements.Less
Chapter Three moves to an historical analysis of the role of the federal government in homeless management, tracing two moments of federal intervention, during the early New Deal of the 1930s and then in the mid-1980s. The chapter argues that different forms of federal intervention in those two eras point to a shift of understanding homelessness as a crisis of labor in the former to one of consumption in the latter. The introduction of federal oversight in 1987 produces metagovernance, or the governance of governance, as subnational states and cities must shape their local responses to new federal funding requirements.
Bob Jessop
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- May 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781447354956
- eISBN:
- 9781447355007
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447354956.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, Democratization
Civil society exists at the intersection of networks and solidarity as opposed to markets or command and its agents have the potential to guide markets and state action. It may serve as a means of ...
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Civil society exists at the intersection of networks and solidarity as opposed to markets or command and its agents have the potential to guide markets and state action. It may serve as a means of self-responsibilization as well as self-emancipation. It comprises a heterogeneous set of institutional orders and pluralistic set of agents, many of which are operationally autonomous and resistant to control from outside – whether through market forces, top-down command by the state or horizontal networking. This chapter presents the theoretical background to interest in governance, shows the etymological roots of the concept, offers some reasons for the explosion of interest in governance in the 1960s and 1970s, and describes the main features of governance practices.Less
Civil society exists at the intersection of networks and solidarity as opposed to markets or command and its agents have the potential to guide markets and state action. It may serve as a means of self-responsibilization as well as self-emancipation. It comprises a heterogeneous set of institutional orders and pluralistic set of agents, many of which are operationally autonomous and resistant to control from outside – whether through market forces, top-down command by the state or horizontal networking. This chapter presents the theoretical background to interest in governance, shows the etymological roots of the concept, offers some reasons for the explosion of interest in governance in the 1960s and 1970s, and describes the main features of governance practices.
Bob Jessop
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- May 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781447354956
- eISBN:
- 9781447355007
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447354956.003.0004
- Subject:
- Political Science, Democratization
Claus Offe notes that, since every mode of state policy-making is prone to failure, either a stable state is impossible or can only exist where the state can flexibly shift modes of policy-making as ...
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Claus Offe notes that, since every mode of state policy-making is prone to failure, either a stable state is impossible or can only exist where the state can flexibly shift modes of policy-making as the failures of prevailing policy-making threaten its rationality and legitimacy. This depends on the strategic capacities to sustain exchange, negotiation, hierarchy, or solidarity as well as the specific nature of the coordination problems. Whilst increasing functional differentiation makes hierarchical coordination increasingly problematic, the structural and strategic conditions for effective governance may not be developed enough to outperform continued reliance on hierarchy or neo-liberal preferences for marketized solutions. We must examine the self-reflexive, self-diagnosing, and self-modifying capacities of governing agents and their institutional capacities to redesign themselves in response to failures. Effective governance and metagovernance depend on requisite complexity, requisite reflexivity, and requisite irony.Less
Claus Offe notes that, since every mode of state policy-making is prone to failure, either a stable state is impossible or can only exist where the state can flexibly shift modes of policy-making as the failures of prevailing policy-making threaten its rationality and legitimacy. This depends on the strategic capacities to sustain exchange, negotiation, hierarchy, or solidarity as well as the specific nature of the coordination problems. Whilst increasing functional differentiation makes hierarchical coordination increasingly problematic, the structural and strategic conditions for effective governance may not be developed enough to outperform continued reliance on hierarchy or neo-liberal preferences for marketized solutions. We must examine the self-reflexive, self-diagnosing, and self-modifying capacities of governing agents and their institutional capacities to redesign themselves in response to failures. Effective governance and metagovernance depend on requisite complexity, requisite reflexivity, and requisite irony.
Bob Jessop
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- May 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781447354956
- eISBN:
- 9781447355007
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447354956.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, Democratization
The author introduces semantic fixes and then considers institutional and spatio-temporal fixes. The analysis relates the author’s previous work on conjunctural analysis, cultural political economy, ...
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The author introduces semantic fixes and then considers institutional and spatio-temporal fixes. The analysis relates the author’s previous work on conjunctural analysis, cultural political economy, and social fixes directly to various forms of governance. Institutional and spatio-temporal fixes treat space and time as direct objects of governance, governing the spatio-temporal dimensions of other substantive objects of governance and compensating for the uneven spatio-temporal effects of governance. This facilitates the study of how the inherent contradictions and antagonisms of capitalism are governed through a historically variable set of semantic, institutional, and spatio-temporal fixes. It shows that state power can be analysed as ‘government + governance in the shadow of hierarchy’ and reveals the role of governance and multispatial metagovernance.Less
The author introduces semantic fixes and then considers institutional and spatio-temporal fixes. The analysis relates the author’s previous work on conjunctural analysis, cultural political economy, and social fixes directly to various forms of governance. Institutional and spatio-temporal fixes treat space and time as direct objects of governance, governing the spatio-temporal dimensions of other substantive objects of governance and compensating for the uneven spatio-temporal effects of governance. This facilitates the study of how the inherent contradictions and antagonisms of capitalism are governed through a historically variable set of semantic, institutional, and spatio-temporal fixes. It shows that state power can be analysed as ‘government + governance in the shadow of hierarchy’ and reveals the role of governance and multispatial metagovernance.
Bengt Jacobsson, Jon Pierre, and Göran Sundström
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199684168
- eISBN:
- 9780191764714
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199684168.003.0006
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
The chapter reviews the main findings in the book and relates them to the analytical framework based in governance theory and organization theory. Steering by organizing coupled with microsteering is ...
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The chapter reviews the main findings in the book and relates them to the analytical framework based in governance theory and organization theory. Steering by organizing coupled with microsteering is the predominant mode of steering in the Swedish system. These findings are consistent with those in countries like the UK although here cast in a theoretical framework that enables us to understand how intra-organizational factors shape the external actions of government. Based on those findings the chapter shows how the role of government in governance in specific policy areas has evolved over time. The loyalty among civil servants reduces transaction costs in the organization but may also have negative consequences such as a reduced capacity to change and adapt to changes in the environment.Less
The chapter reviews the main findings in the book and relates them to the analytical framework based in governance theory and organization theory. Steering by organizing coupled with microsteering is the predominant mode of steering in the Swedish system. These findings are consistent with those in countries like the UK although here cast in a theoretical framework that enables us to understand how intra-organizational factors shape the external actions of government. Based on those findings the chapter shows how the role of government in governance in specific policy areas has evolved over time. The loyalty among civil servants reduces transaction costs in the organization but may also have negative consequences such as a reduced capacity to change and adapt to changes in the environment.
Lee A Bygrave
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199687343
- eISBN:
- 9780191767494
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199687343.003.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Intellectual Property, IT, and Media Law
The chapter describes the book’s remit, rationale, scope, and structure. It places the book in broader discourses concerned with (i) the role of law in Internet governance, (ii) metagovernance, and ...
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The chapter describes the book’s remit, rationale, scope, and structure. It places the book in broader discourses concerned with (i) the role of law in Internet governance, (ii) metagovernance, and (iii) the utility and legitimacy of transnational private regulation. It introduces the fact that the governance structure for the Internet has been formed largely outside a treaty or other legislative framework that is Internet-specific. It explains that contracts provide much of the legal basis for the present structure and that this structure cannot be properly understood without explaining the contractual frameworks.Less
The chapter describes the book’s remit, rationale, scope, and structure. It places the book in broader discourses concerned with (i) the role of law in Internet governance, (ii) metagovernance, and (iii) the utility and legitimacy of transnational private regulation. It introduces the fact that the governance structure for the Internet has been formed largely outside a treaty or other legislative framework that is Internet-specific. It explains that contracts provide much of the legal basis for the present structure and that this structure cannot be properly understood without explaining the contractual frameworks.
R. A. W. Rhodes
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- August 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780198786108
- eISBN:
- 9780191827785
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198786108.003.0011
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
After explaining the idea of the differentiated polity, the chapter discusses the characteristics of governance with examples; institutional complexity, power-dependence, game playing, ...
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After explaining the idea of the differentiated polity, the chapter discusses the characteristics of governance with examples; institutional complexity, power-dependence, game playing, self-organizing, and steering. It argues that the shift to governance requires the new language of diplomacy, not marketization. Governments must choose between markets and networks and bureaucracy. It is the mix that matters. Networks are pervasive. Government is picking up the skills of indirect management, but slowly. This chapter aims to hasten that process by providing a language for exploring and managing the mix of governing structures in the differentiated polity. The new public management, whether in the guise of managerialism or institutional economics, is no longer the challenge confronting government. The challenge is diplomacy in governance. The Afterword expands on the ideas of governing structures, unintended consequences, and metagovernance.Less
After explaining the idea of the differentiated polity, the chapter discusses the characteristics of governance with examples; institutional complexity, power-dependence, game playing, self-organizing, and steering. It argues that the shift to governance requires the new language of diplomacy, not marketization. Governments must choose between markets and networks and bureaucracy. It is the mix that matters. Networks are pervasive. Government is picking up the skills of indirect management, but slowly. This chapter aims to hasten that process by providing a language for exploring and managing the mix of governing structures in the differentiated polity. The new public management, whether in the guise of managerialism or institutional economics, is no longer the challenge confronting government. The challenge is diplomacy in governance. The Afterword expands on the ideas of governing structures, unintended consequences, and metagovernance.
R. A. W. Rhodes
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- August 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780198786108
- eISBN:
- 9780191827785
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198786108.003.0012
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
This chapter replies to key criticisms about policy networks, the core executive, and governance. On networks, the chapter discusses the context of networks, and the ability of the theory to explain ...
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This chapter replies to key criticisms about policy networks, the core executive, and governance. On networks, the chapter discusses the context of networks, and the ability of the theory to explain change. On the core executive, it discusses a shift away from a focus on the prime minister to court politics. On governance, the chapter returns to redefining the state, steering networks, metagovernance, and storytelling. It restates the case for the idea of the differentiated polity. This is edifying because it provides a vocabulary for a more accurate description of British government. Finally, the chapter provides a link to Volume II by summarizing the decentred approach to the differentiated polity.Less
This chapter replies to key criticisms about policy networks, the core executive, and governance. On networks, the chapter discusses the context of networks, and the ability of the theory to explain change. On the core executive, it discusses a shift away from a focus on the prime minister to court politics. On governance, the chapter returns to redefining the state, steering networks, metagovernance, and storytelling. It restates the case for the idea of the differentiated polity. This is edifying because it provides a vocabulary for a more accurate description of British government. Finally, the chapter provides a link to Volume II by summarizing the decentred approach to the differentiated polity.
Eva Sørensen
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- February 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780198777953
- eISBN:
- 9780191823411
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198777953.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
Building on an extensive literature on interactive governance, Chapter 2 explains what it entails to be in the age of governance and scrutinizes the implications for the performance of public ...
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Building on an extensive literature on interactive governance, Chapter 2 explains what it entails to be in the age of governance and scrutinizes the implications for the performance of public leadership. A key message is that public leadership increasingly takes on the form of metagovernance, i.e. the governance of governance. As meta-governors, public leaders govern self-regulating actors through different hands-off and hands-on regulation methods. Forty years of government reforms have gradually restructured the public sector to support the performance of metagovernance, and inspiration came from different strands of neo-institutionalism. Metagovernance research has mainly focused on managerial metagovernance, however, while paying scant attention to political metagovernance and the role of politicians as leaders of interactive governance processes. Recent strands of political leadership theory provide important insights for developing a notion of political metagovernance and get to grips with the role of politicians in the age of governance.Less
Building on an extensive literature on interactive governance, Chapter 2 explains what it entails to be in the age of governance and scrutinizes the implications for the performance of public leadership. A key message is that public leadership increasingly takes on the form of metagovernance, i.e. the governance of governance. As meta-governors, public leaders govern self-regulating actors through different hands-off and hands-on regulation methods. Forty years of government reforms have gradually restructured the public sector to support the performance of metagovernance, and inspiration came from different strands of neo-institutionalism. Metagovernance research has mainly focused on managerial metagovernance, however, while paying scant attention to political metagovernance and the role of politicians as leaders of interactive governance processes. Recent strands of political leadership theory provide important insights for developing a notion of political metagovernance and get to grips with the role of politicians in the age of governance.
Eva Sørensen
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- February 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780198777953
- eISBN:
- 9780191823411
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198777953.003.0003
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
Chapter 3 examines what political leadership means in the age of governance. In unison, theories of metagovernance and recent theories of political leadership provide the necessary building blocks ...
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Chapter 3 examines what political leadership means in the age of governance. In unison, theories of metagovernance and recent theories of political leadership provide the necessary building blocks for developing a concept of interactive political leadership that captures what political leadership implies in a context where the members of the political community take an active part in governing society. While metagovernance theory highlights the role of hands-off and hands-on forms of governance in regulating self-governance, new theories of political leadership provide a helpful redefinition of the role of power and the relationship between leaders and followers in political leadership. These important insights pave the way for the development of a concept of interactive political leadership and a specification of nine tasks for political leaders in multi-actor policy-making. The chapter concludes by listing a number of challenges and dilemmas facing politicians who aspire to become interactive political leaders.Less
Chapter 3 examines what political leadership means in the age of governance. In unison, theories of metagovernance and recent theories of political leadership provide the necessary building blocks for developing a concept of interactive political leadership that captures what political leadership implies in a context where the members of the political community take an active part in governing society. While metagovernance theory highlights the role of hands-off and hands-on forms of governance in regulating self-governance, new theories of political leadership provide a helpful redefinition of the role of power and the relationship between leaders and followers in political leadership. These important insights pave the way for the development of a concept of interactive political leadership and a specification of nine tasks for political leaders in multi-actor policy-making. The chapter concludes by listing a number of challenges and dilemmas facing politicians who aspire to become interactive political leaders.