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Governing the embedded state: the organizational dimension of governance/ Bengt Jacobsson, Jon Pierre, and Goran Sundstrom.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.Description: 165pISBN:
  • 9780199684168
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 352.209 485 Q5
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Contents:
1.Governing the Embedded State -- The Argument in Brief -- Complexities of Governing -- From Government to Governance -- Stability and Change -- Integrating Governance Theories and Organization Theories -- Sweden as a Case -- Empirical Data -- Outline of the Book -- 2.The Organizational Dimension of Governing -- Dualism---the Swedish Administrative Model -- States as Organizations -- Challenges to Governing -- Conclusions -- 3.Governing by Organizing -- The Importance of "Setting the Stage" -- Ways of Organizing -- Creating Formal Organizations -- Positioning -- Fostering Competition -- Distancing -- Storytelling -- Conclusions -- 4.Governing by Microsteering -- Anticipation -- Inviting Authority -- Re-politicization -- Modification -- Conclusions -- 5.Governing and Administrative Reform -- Administrative Reform -- Administrative Reform and Governing -- Management by Results -- Supportive Reforms -- Learning from Administrative Reforms -- Conclusions -- 6.Governing Social Complexity: Metagovernance and Microsteering -- Summarizing the Main Empirical Findings -- Trouble in Paradise?
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-160) and index.

1.Governing the Embedded State -- The Argument in Brief -- Complexities of Governing -- From Government to Governance -- Stability and Change -- Integrating Governance Theories and Organization Theories -- Sweden as a Case -- Empirical Data -- Outline of the Book -- 2.The Organizational Dimension of Governing -- Dualism---the Swedish Administrative Model -- States as Organizations -- Challenges to Governing -- Conclusions -- 3.Governing by Organizing -- The Importance of "Setting the Stage" -- Ways of Organizing -- Creating Formal Organizations -- Positioning -- Fostering Competition -- Distancing -- Storytelling -- Conclusions -- 4.Governing by Microsteering -- Anticipation -- Inviting Authority -- Re-politicization -- Modification -- Conclusions -- 5.Governing and Administrative Reform -- Administrative Reform -- Administrative Reform and Governing -- Management by Results -- Supportive Reforms -- Learning from Administrative Reforms -- Conclusions -- 6.Governing Social Complexity: Metagovernance and Microsteering -- Summarizing the Main Empirical Findings -- Trouble in Paradise?

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