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Understanding Governance: Policy Networks, Governance, Reflexivity and Accountability (Public Policy & Management) (in English)
Rhodes
Synopsis "Understanding Governance: Policy Networks, Governance, Reflexivity and Accountability (Public Policy & Management) (in English)"
Understanding Governance asks:* What has changed in British government over the past two decades, how and why?* Why do so many government policies fail?* What does the shift from government to governance mean for the practice and study of British government?This book provides a challenging reinterpretation which interweaves an account of recent institutional changes in central, local and European Union government with methodological innovations and theoretical analysis. It emphasizes: the inability of the 'Westminster model', with its accent on parliamentary sovereignty and strong executive leadership, to account for persistent policy failure; the 'hollowing out' of British government from above (the European Union), below (special purpose bodies) and sideways (to agencies); and the need to respond to the postmodern challenge, rethinking the methodological and theoretical assumptions in the study of British government. Professor Rhodes makes a significant and timely contribution to our understanding of government and governance.PrefacePart one: IntroductionGoverning without governmentorder and change in British politicsPart two: TheoryPolicy networks in British political scienceThe new governancePart three: MethodologyThe institutional approachPart four: ApplicationsReinventing Whitehallthe hollowing out of the stateNow nobody understands the systemthe changing face of local governmentThe European Union, cohesion policy and sub-national authorities in the United KingdomPart five: DevelopmentsFrom institutions to dogmatradition, eclecticism and ideology in the study of British public administrationTowards a postmodern Public Administrationepoch, epistemology or narrativeBibliographyIndex.
