Handbook on Theories of Governance

Edited by Christopher Ansell, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, US and Jacob Torfing, Professor of Politics and Institutions, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, Denmark and Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nord University, Norway

Contents:

Preface xii
Acknowledgements xvii
1 Introduction to the Handbook on Theories of Governance 1
Christopher Ansell and Jacob Torfing

PART I THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF GOVERNANCE
2 Collective action theory 18
Robert Holahan and Mark Lubell
3 Organization theory 28
Morten Egeberg, Åse Gornitzka and Jarle Trondal
4 Public management theory 42
Zoe Radnor, Stephen Osborne and Russ Glennon
5 Planning theory 56
Thomas Hartmann and Stan Geertman
6 Policy process frameworks 66
Saba Siddiki
7 State theory 77
Bob Jessop
8 Democratic theory 89
Andreas Klinke
9 Public law and regulatory theory 104
Shauhin Talesh
10 Development theory 118
Jennifer N. Brass
11 International relations theory 129
Kerstin Sahlin

PART II BASIC THEORETICAL CONCEPTS
12 Heterarchy 140
Karen Stephenson
13 Network 149
Patrick Kenis
14 Public participation 158
Kathryn S. Quick and John M. Bryson
15 Representation 169
Lucy Taylor
16 Deliberation 178
Per Ola Öberg
17 Power 187
Mark Haugaard
18 Legitimacy 196
Sylvia I. Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen
19 Trust 205
Bart Nooteboom
20 Accountability 215
Yannis Papadopoulos
21 Transparency 226
Jenny de Fine Licht and Daniel Naurin
22 Evidence 234
Paul Cairney
23 Learning 244
Tanya Heikkila and Andrea K. Gerlak
24 Innovation 254
Jean Hartley and Jacob Torfing
25 Risk 264
Ortwin Renn and Andreas Klinke
26 Steering 278
Renate Mayntz
27 Soft and hard governing tools 285
Paula Blomqvist

PART III THEORETICAL MODES OF ANALYSIS
28 Information-based governance 298
Graham Bullock
29 Discourse theory 309
Steven Griggs and David Howarth
30 Institutional theory 323
B. Guy Peters
31 Public choice theory 336
Lina Ericksson
32 The Advocacy Coalition Framework 353
Jonathan J. Pierce and Alex Osei-Kojo
33 Economic theory 365
Klaus Nielsen
34 Governmentality 378
Peter Triantafillou
35 Complexity theory and systems analysis 389
Christopher Koliba, Lasse Gerrits, Mary Lee Rhodes and Jack W. Meek
36 Narrative and interpretative theory 407
Nick Turnbull
37 Pragmatism 419
Christopher Ansell
38 Normative considerations of interactive governance: effectiveness,
efficiency, legitimacy and innovation 429
Jurian Edelenbos and Ingmar van Meerkerk

PART IV FORMS OF GOVERNANCE
39 Co-production: theoretical roots and conceptual frameworks 446
Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler
40 Democratic network governance 462
Eva Sørensen
41 Regulatory governance 472
John Yasuda
42 Network governance 485
Robyn Keast
43 Collaborative governance 497
Alison Gash
44 Private governance 510
Marija Isailovic and Philipp Pattberg
45 Urban and regional governance 519
Jon Pierre
46 Multi-level governance 528
Ian Bache, Ian Bartle and Matt Flinders
47 EU and supranational governance 540
Diana Panke and Miguel Haubrich-Seco
48 Transnational economic governance 555
Walter Mattli and Jack Seddon
49 Metagovernance 567
Jacob Torfing
50 Adaptive governance 580
Toddi Steelman
51 Experimentalist governance 592
Bernardo Rangoni
52 Epilogue: the current status and future development of governance theories 604
Christopher Ansell and Jacob Torfing

Index