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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GOVERNANCE
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| By: |
Mark Bevir (Editor) |
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Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£212.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1452265526 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781452265520 |
| Publisher: |
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC EBOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
5 July, 2012 |
| Edition: |
1st edition |
| Description: |
This encyclopedia provides a one-stop point of reference for the diverse and complex topics surrounding governance. It concentrates primarily on topics related to the changing nature and role of the state in recent times, and the ways in which these have been conceptualized. On one hand, the public sector in many states has shifted toward markets and networks, as opposed to bureaucratic hierarchies: `governance' thus refers to the ways in which patterns of rule operate in and through groups within the voluntary and private sector. On the other, states have become increasingly embroiled with transnational and international settings as a result of the internationalization of industrial and financial transactions, the rise of regional blocks, and concerns over problems such as terrorism and the environment: `governance' thus refers to the formal and informal ways in which states have attempted to respond to the changing global order.Although governance has arisen as a major new language in which to discuss and to implement changes in our social and political world, there are few works that translate this language into a more familiar and commonsense vocabulary. The Encyclopedia of Governance unpacks the jargon that characterizes much writing in the field so as to make it intelligible to a wider audience. It is an essential purchase for all libraries around the world. |
| Synopsis: |
This two volume set on Governance provides a one-stop point of reference for the diverse and complex topics surrounding governance for the period between the collapse of the post-war consensus and the rise of neoliberal regimes in the 1970s. This comprehensive resource concentrates primarily on topics related to the changing nature and role of national governments in recent times and the ways in which their roles have been conceptualized in the areas of political science, public administration, political economy and sociology.Key features include:- an examination the changes in national governments associated with the transfer of powers, rights and functions to organizations within the private sector and with the rise of new types of regional and international linkages and problems therein;- an exploration of how national governments have become both increasingly dependent on organizations inthe private sector and increasingly constrained by international linkages.The Encyclopedia of Governance avoids the jargon that characterizes most of the writing in this field and translates the common language used into a more familiar and commonsense vocabulary, so as to make it intelligible to the broadest possible audience.This collection is an essential purchase for all reference libraries around the world. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
SAGE Publications Inc |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Library Journal Best Reference 2006. |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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