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245 04 a| The Governor's dilemmah| [electronic resource] :b| indirect governance beyond principals and agents /c| edited by Kenneth W. Abbott, Philipp Genschel, Duncan Snidal, Bernhard Zangl.;

250 a| First edition.;

260 a| New York, NY :b| Oxford University Press,c| 2020.;

300 a| vii, 301 pages ;c| 25 cm;

500 a| Minimal Level Cataloging Plus.5| DLC;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 2 a| Competence-control theory: the challenge of governing through intermediaries / Kenneth W. Abbott, Philipp Genschel, Duncan Snidal, Bernhard Zangl -- The governor's dilemma in colonial empires / Paul K. MacDonald.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "The Governor's Dilemma develops a general theory of indirect governance based on the tradeoff between governor control and intermediary competence; the empirical chapters apply that theory to a diverse range of cases encompassing both international relations and comparative politics. The theoretical framework paper starts from the observation that virtually all governance is indirect, carried out through intermediaries. But governors in indirect governance relationships face a dilemma: competent intermediaries gain power from the competencies they contribute, making them difficult to control, while efforts to control intermediary behavor limit important intermediary competencies, including expertise, credibility and legitimacy. Thus, governors can obtain either high intermediary competence or strong control, but not both. The empirical chapters demonstrate that the competence-control tradeoff, and the governor's dilemma, are common conditions of indirect governance, whether governors are domestic, international or supranational, democratic or authoritarian; and whether governance addresses economic, security or social issues. The empirical chapters analyze the operation and implications of the governor's dilemma in cases involving the governance of violence (e.g., secret police, support for foreign rebel groups, private security companies), the governance of markets (e.g., the Euro crisis, capital markets, EU regulation, the G20), and cross-cutting governance issues (colonial empires, "Trump's Dilemma")"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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The Governor's dilemma indirect governance beyond principals and agents / edited by Kenneth W. Abbott, Philipp Genschel, Duncan Snidal, Bernhard Zangl.

Other author	Abbott, Kenneth W.
Other author	Oxford University Press.
Format	Electronic
Edition	First edition.
Publication Info	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Description	vii, 301 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects	Governors--Powers and duties.

Partial contents	Competence-control theory: the challenge of governing through intermediaries / Kenneth W. Abbott, Philipp Genschel, Duncan Snidal, Bernhard Zangl -- The governor's dilemma in colonial empires / Paul K. MacDonald.
Abstract	"The Governor's Dilemma develops a general theory of indirect governance based on the tradeoff between governor control and intermediary competence; the empirical chapters apply that theory to a diverse range of cases encompassing both international relations and comparative politics. The theoretical framework paper starts from the observation that virtually all governance is indirect, carried out through intermediaries. But governors in indirect governance relationships face a dilemma: competent intermediaries gain power from the competencies they contribute, making them difficult to control, while efforts to control intermediary behavor limit important intermediary competencies, including expertise, credibility and legitimacy. Thus, governors can obtain either high intermediary competence or strong control, but not both. The empirical chapters demonstrate that the competence-control tradeoff, and the governor's dilemma, are common conditions of indirect governance, whether governors are domestic, international or supranational, democratic or authoritarian; and whether governance addresses economic, security or social issues. The empirical chapters analyze the operation and implications of the governor's dilemma in cases involving the governance of violence (e.g., secret police, support for foreign rebel groups, private security companies), the governance of markets (e.g., the Euro crisis, capital markets, EU regulation, the G20), and cross-cutting governance issues (colonial empires, "Trump's Dilemma")"-- Provided by publisher.
General note	Minimal Level Cataloging Plus.
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	2019951598
ISBN	9780198855057 (hardback)
ISBN	9780198855064 (paperback)

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