Governance in Modern Society : Effects, Change and Formation of Government Institutions /

Tremendous changes are affecting the institutions of government in many Western European countries. Globalisation, European integration, economic, technological, and societal developments have a major influence on public policies and governmental performance. These developments have furthered a fram...

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Main Author: Heffen, Oscar
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kickert, Walter J. M., Thomassen, Jacques J. A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2000.
Series:Library of public policy and public administration ; 4.
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Summary:Tremendous changes are affecting the institutions of government in many Western European countries. Globalisation, European integration, economic, technological, and societal developments have a major influence on public policies and governmental performance. These developments have furthered a framework in which governmental and non-governmental actors are linked by both reciprocal connections and more complex network relationships. This volume attempts to identify and analyse the effects, the change, and the formation of government institutions in relation to the above-mentioned developments. More specifically the following topics are discussed: the European Union as a system of multi-level governance, national government institutions and policies, change of government institutions and changing state-society relations, new public management reforms, ICT and changing organizational boundaries, political institutions and policy-oriented learning, management of public-private partnerships, interactive policy making, and structural legal institutions. This volume will be of particular interest to administrators, researchers, policy makers, and students in the field of public administration and public policy.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 379 pages)
ISBN:9789401594868 (electronic bk.)
9401594864 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:1566-7669 ;