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100 1 _aLUNDQVIST, Lennart J.
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245 1 0 _aImplementation from above :
_bthe ecology of power in Sweden's environmental governance
260 _aMalden :
_bWiley-Blackwell,
_cJuly 2001
520 3 _aThis paper seeks to assess the tenability of Rhodes' view of the "new governance" as "governing without government," as well as the validity of Pierre and Peters' assertions that the state is still at the center of structures and processes of governance. The case used for analysis is Sweden's ecological modernization and the implementation of Local Investment Programs for Sustainable Development. This case provides a crucial test of the contradictory propositions of Rhodes and Pierre and Peters. Contrary to Rhodes' assertions, central government held the initiative in the process of implementing Sweden's ecological modernization. In line with the arrguments of Pierre and Peters central government created new structures and processes of governance to keep its initiative over constitutionally independent expert agencies and municipal governments—exactly those actors that, in Rhodes' view, could make central governmental steering well nigh impossible. As the paper illustrates, what government gains in direct control over the process, it may well lose in terms of the end results. The case of "new governance" analyzed here thus directs attention to the critical interplay between structure, process, and end results, and to government's role in governance.
773 0 8 _tGovernance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions
_g14, 3, p. 319-337
_dMalden : Wiley-Blackwell, July 2001
_xISSN 09521895
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