Governing the embedded state: the organizational dimension of governance/

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jacobsson, Bengt
Other Authors: Pierre, Jon, Sundstrom, Goran
Format: Printed Book
Published: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Public administration-Sweden.
Public administration-Research.
Political science-Research.
Politics and government-Research.
Online Access:https://books.google.co.in/books?id=XCDZBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=Governing+the+embedded+state:&source=bl&ots=XMInQaIrg9&sig=QuIBNB2lNrPXZ8L6mv7cbsJe6SY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi87pPx7rjPAhVHsI8KHV8OCdYQ6AEITDAI#v=onepage&q=Governing%20the%20embedded%20state%3A&f=false
Table of 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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