Ebook: Evolutionary Governance Theory: An Introduction
- Tags: Public Finance & Economics, Political Economy, Economic Policy, Public Administration
- Series: SpringerBriefs in Economics
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Springer International Publishing
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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This short books offers the reader a remarkable new perspective on the way markets, laws and societies evolve together. It can be of use to anyone interested in development, market and public sector reform, public administration, politics & law. Based on a wide variety of case studies on three continents and a variety of conceptual sources, the authors develop a theory that clarifies the nature and functioning of dependencies that mark governance evolutions. This in turn delineates in an entirely new manner the spaces open for policy experiment. As such, it offers a new mapping of the middle ground between libertarianism and social engineering. Theoretically, the approach draws on a wide array of sources: institutional & development economics, systems theories, post-structuralism, actor- network theories, planning theory and legal studies.
This short books offers the reader a remarkable new perspective on the way markets, laws and societies evolve together. It can be of use to anyone interested in development, market and public sector reform, public administration, politics & law. Based on a wide variety of case studies on three continents and a variety of conceptual sources, the authors develop a theory that clarifies the nature and functioning of dependencies that mark governance evolutions. This in turn delineates in an entirely new manner the spaces open for policy experiment. As such, it offers a new mapping of the middle ground between libertarianism and social engineering. Theoretically, the approach draws on a wide array of sources: institutional & development economics, systems theories, post-structuralism, actor- network theories, planning theory and legal studies.
This short books offers the reader a remarkable new perspective on the way markets, laws and societies evolve together. It can be of use to anyone interested in development, market and public sector reform, public administration, politics & law. Based on a wide variety of case studies on three continents and a variety of conceptual sources, the authors develop a theory that clarifies the nature and functioning of dependencies that mark governance evolutions. This in turn delineates in an entirely new manner the spaces open for policy experiment. As such, it offers a new mapping of the middle ground between libertarianism and social engineering. Theoretically, the approach draws on a wide array of sources: institutional & development economics, systems theories, post-structuralism, actor- network theories, planning theory and legal studies.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Theoretical Sources of EGT....Pages 9-15
Foundational Concepts....Pages 17-25
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Evolutionary Paths....Pages 29-33
Seeing, Making and Distributing Things....Pages 35-44
The Power of Stories....Pages 45-54
Governance Paths and Reality Effects....Pages 55-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Governance and Its Categories....Pages 65-78
Overview of the EGT Model....Pages 79-85
Policy Formulation and EGT: Making Governance Work....Pages 87-95