| Spine title |
Complexity, fragmentation, & uncertainty |
| Contents |
Why governance matters -- The evolving capacity of the state and the challenge of governance -- Governing as (new) Labour -- Public service agreements -- Recycling -- Climate change -- The PSA framework and strategic governance -- Governance in the twentieth-first century. |
| Abstract |
"In posing challenging questions about the relationship between state and society, theories of governance have promoted fierce debate regarding the capacity of govenrment in an increasingly crowded policy terrain. Presenting for the first time the results of an extensive programme of original research, this book analyses the ways in which national governments have responded to the raft of challenges to capacity associated with the governance debate. In doing so, it considers the impact of new policy challenges such as the earth's changing climate, and the increasing necessity of securing individual behaviour change. To illuminate these issues, the book focuses on the Labour Government's attempts to steer the British state, offering the frist in-depth analysis of the Public Service Agreement framework--a target-based delivery instrument, underpinned by the principles of centralized steering and accountability, cross-Whitehall collaboration, and operational autonomy--as a critical tool of strategic governance"--Jacket. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013443215 |
| ISBN | 9780199585991 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0199585997 (hbk.) |
