Introduction: understanding governance / Jon Pierre Democracy and governance / Paul Hirst Governance and comparative politics / B. Guy Peters Governance and public administration / R.A.W. Rhodes Urban political science and the challenge of urban governance / Gerry Stoker Economic governance / Andrew Gamble Societal governance: levels, models, and orders of social-political interaction / Jan Kooiman Change, complexity, and governance in a globalizing space / James N. Rosenau Globalization and modes of regionalist governance / Anthony Payne The European Union as coxswain: governance by steering / Alberta Sbragia Conclusions: governance beyond state strength / Jon Pierre. |