Governance as Theory, Practice and Dilemma - Mark Bevir PART ONE: THEORIES OF GOVERNANCE Policy-Network Theory - Henrik Enroth Rational-Choice Theory - Keith Dowding Interpretive Theory - Mark Bevir Organization Theory - Robert K. Christensen and Mary Tschirhart Institutional Theory - B. Guy Peters Systems Theory - Anders Esmark Meta-Gvernance - Bob Jessop State-Society Relations - Jefferey M. Sellers Policy Instruments and Governance - Patrick Le Gales Development Theory - Phyllis R. Pomerantz Measuring Governance - Pippa Norris PART TWO: PRACTICES OF GOVERNANCE The Stateless State - Mark Bevir and R. A. W. Rhodes The Persistence of Hierarchy - Laurence E. Lynn Jr Contracting out - Steven Cohen and William Eimicke Public Management - Carolyn J. Heinrich Budgeting and Finance - Anthony B. L. Cheung Partnerships - Gunnar Folke Schuppert Multijurisdictional Regulation - Andy Smith Local Governance - Bas Denters Non-Governmental Organizations - M. Shamsul Haque Transgovernmental Networks - Anne-Marie Slaughter and Thomas N. Hale Global Governance - Mark Bevir and Ian Hall PART THREE: DILEMMAS OF GOVERNANCE Legitimacy - Mark Considine and Kamran Ali Afzal Collaborative Governance - Lisa Blomgren Bingham Participation - Peter McLaverty Leadership - Janet V. Denhardt and Robert B. Denhardt Network Management - Michael McGuire Social Inclusion - Petri Koikkalainen Capacity-Building - Hok Bun Ku and Angelina W. K. Yuen-Tsang Decentralization - Fumihiko Saito Governing the Commons - Wai Fung Lam Regulation - Marian Dohler Sustainable Development - James Meadowcroft

This Handbook presents an authoritative and innovative overview of this fascinating field, with particular emphasis on the significant new and emerging concepts and theoretical issues. Divided into four parts, the first explores the major theories influencing current thinking and shaping future research in the field of governance. Part two deals specifically with issues surrounding new theories - the changing role of the state and the emerging function of networks and of alternative domains of governance. Parts three and four then go on to consider the implications for managing governance and recent attempts to rethink democracy and citizenship in ways that are less tied to the formal institutions of the state.

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