Evolutionary Governance Theory [electronic resource] : An Introduction / by Kristof van Assche, Raoul Beunen, Martijn Duineveld

Author:: Assche, Kristof Van
Published:: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Physical Description:: X, 95 pages : online resource
Additional Creators:: Beunen, Raoul, Duineveld, Martijn, 1976-, and SpringerLink (Online service)

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SpringerBriefs in economics

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1 Introduction -- Part I: Governance as Evolution -- 2 Theoretical Sources of EGT -- 3 Foundational Concepts.- Part II: Building Blocks for Evolutionary Governance Theory -- 4 Evolutionary Paths -- 5 Seeing, Making & Distribution Things -- 6 The Power of Stories -- 7 Governance Paths and Reality Effects.- Part III: Applying EGT -- 8 Governance and Its Categories -- 9 Overview of the EGT Model -- 10 Policy Formulation & EGT: Making Governance Work -- Literature. .

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This short books offers the reader a remarkable new perspective on the way markets, laws and societies evolve together. It can be of use to anyone interested in development, market and public sector reform, public administration, politics & law. Based on a wide variety of case studies on three continents and a variety of conceptual sources, the authors develop a theory that clarifies the nature and functioning of dependencies that mark governance evolutions. This in turn delineates in an entirely new manner the spaces open for policy experiment. As such, it offers a new mapping of the middle ground between libertarianism and social engineering. Theoretically, the approach draws on a wide array of sources: institutional & development economics, systems theories, post-structuralism, actor- network theories, planning theory and legal studies.

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