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Governing Complex Societies

Trajectories and Scenarios

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
  2. Toward a Theory of Governance

    • Jon Pierre, B. Guy Peters
    Pages 10-48
  3. Governance: A Garbage Can Perspective

    • Jon Pierre, B. Guy Peters
    Pages 49-63
  4. Governance and governability: Time, space, and structure

    • Jon Pierre, B. Guy Peters
    Pages 64-79
  5. Multilevel Governance: A Faustian Bargain?

    • Jon Pierre, B. Guy Peters
    Pages 80-100
  6. Governance, Accountability, and Democratic Legitimacy

    • Jon Pierre, B. Guy Peters
    Pages 115-132
  7. Conclusion: Governance and Political Power

    • Jon Pierre, B. Guy Peters
    Pages 133-140
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 141-158

About this book

Western societies are becoming increasingly complex and challenging to govern, yet the modern state continues to play a central role in governance. This book presents a detailed analysis of the challenges confronting the contemporary state and the processes through which the state addresses those challenges. The notion of 'governing without government' is critiqued; instead, Pierre and Peters argue that what is happening a more a matter of state transformation than state decline.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    Jon Pierre

  • University of Pittsburgh, USA

    B. Guy Peters

About the authors

JON PIERRE is Professor of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. He previously held a Chair in Politics at the University of Strathclyde. He is author or editor of fifteen books are a large number of journal articles.

B. GUY PETERS is Maurice Falk Professor of American Government at the University of Pittsburgh, Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Management at the Catholic University of Leuven, and Senior Fellow of the Canadian Centre for Management Development. He is author or editor of over 50 books in comparative politics, public administration and public policy.

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