{"product_id":"governing-as-governance","title":"Governing as Governance","description":"The concept of `governance′ has become a central catchword across the social and political sciences. In \u003cb\u003eGoverning and Governance\u003c\/b\u003e, Jan Kooiman revisits and develops his seminal work in the field to map and demonstrate the utility of a sociopolitical perspective to our understanding of contemporary forms of governing, governance and governability.\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA central underlying theme of the book is the notion of governance as a process of interaction between different societal and political actors and the growing interdependencies between the two as modern societies become ever more complex, dynamic and diverse. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon a wide range of interdisciplinary insights, the book advances a comprehensive conceptual framework that seeks to capture the different elements, modes and orders of governing and governance. A series of useful distinctions are employed, for example, between self, `co′, and hierarchical modes, and between first, second, or meta orders to illustrate the many different structures and levels of modern governance today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheoretically rich and illuminating, \u003cb\u003eGoverning and Governance\u003c\/b\u003e will be essential reading for all students and academics across the social and political sciences, public management and public administration. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54246779158872,"sku":"9780761940364","price":77.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780761940364.jpg?v=1777785356","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/governing-as-governance","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}