Governing Complex Societies: Trajectories and Scenarios

Governing Complex Societies: Trajectories and Scenarios
ISBN-10
023051264X
ISBN-13
9780230512641
Category
Political Science
Pages
158
Language
English
Published
2005-04-25
Publisher
Springer
Authors
J. Pierre, B. Peters

Description

Western societies are becoming increasingly complex and challenging to govern, yet the modern state continues to play a central role in governance. This book presents a detailed analysis of the challenges confronting the contemporary state and the processes through which the state addresses those challenges. The notion of 'governing without government' is critiqued; instead, Pierre and Peters argue that what is happening a more a matter of state transformation than state decline.

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