Mark Bevir 
The SAGE Handbook of Governance [EPUB ebook] 

The study of governance has risen to prominence as a way of describing and explaining changes in our world. The SAGE Handbook of Governance presents an authoritative and innovative overview of this fascinating field, with particular emphasis on the significant new and emerging theoretical issues and policy innovations.

The Handbook is divided into three parts. Part one explores the major theories influencing current thinking and shaping future research in the field of governance. Part two deals specifically with changing practices and policy innovations, including the changing role of the state, transnational and global governance, markets and networks, public management, and budgeting and finance. Part three explores the dilemmas of managing governance, including attempts to rethink democracy and citizenship as well as specific policy issues such as capacity building, regulation, and sustainable development.

This volume is an excellent resource for advanced students and researchers in political science, economics, geography, sociology, and public administration.

Mark Bevir is a Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.

Table of Content

Governance as Theory, Practice and Dilemma – Mark Bevir

PART ONE: THEORIES OF GOVERNANCE

Policy-Network Theory – Henrik Enroth

Rational-Choice Theory – Keith Dowding

Interpretive Theory – Mark Bevir

Organization Theory – Robert K. Christensen and Mary Tschirhart

Institutional Theory – B. Guy Peters

Systems Theory – Anders Esmark

Meta-Gvernance – Bob Jessop

State-Society Relations – Jefferey M. Sellers

Policy Instruments and Governance – Patrick Le Galès

Development Theory – Phyllis R. Pomerantz

Measuring Governance – Pippa Norris

PART TWO: PRACTICES OF GOVERNANCE

The Stateless State – Mark Bevir and R. A. W. Rhodes

The Persistence of Hierarchy – Laurence E. Lynn Jr

Contracting out – Steven Cohen and William Eimicke

Public Management – Carolyn J. Heinrich

Budgeting and Finance – Anthony B. L. Cheung

Partnerships – Gunnar Folke Schuppert

Multijurisdictional Regulation – Andy Smith

Local Governance – Bas Denters

Non-Governmental Organizations – M. Shamsul Haque

Transgovernmental Networks – Anne-Marie Slaughter and Thomas N. Hale

Global Governance – Mark Bevir and Ian Hall

PART THREE: DILEMMAS OF GOVERNANCE

Legitimacy – Mark Considine and Kamran Ali Afzal

Collaborative Governance – Lisa Blomgren Bingham

Participation – Peter Mc Laverty

Leadership – Janet V. Denhardt and Robert B. Denhardt

Network Management – Michael Mc Guire

Social Inclusion – Petri Koikkalainen

Capacity-Building – Hok Bun Ku and Angelina W. K. Yuen-Tsang

Decentralization – Fumihiko Saito

Governing the Commons – Wai Fung Lam

Regulation – Marian Döhler

Sustainable Development – James Meadowcroft

About the author

Professor Mark Bevir is a member of the Department of Political Science at University of California, Berkeley. He was born in London and educated at the University of Exeter, U.K., where he got a BA (1st Class), and the University of Oxford, UK where he was awarded a DPhil. Before moving to Berkeley, he worked at the University of Madras, India, and University of Newcastle, UK. He has held visiting positions in Australia, Finland, France, U.K., and the U.S. Currently he is co-convener of the Interpretive Political Science specialist group of the Political Studies Association and President of the Society for the Philosophy of History.