Understanding Governance: Ten Years On

The paper reassesses the argument in Understanding Governance (1997). The first section summarizes where we are now in the study of governance, reviewing briefly the key concepts of policy networks, governance, core executive, hollowing out the state and the differentiated polity. The second section...

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Published in:Organization studies 2007-08, Vol.28 (8), p.1243-1264
Main Author: Rhodes, R.A.W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business networks
Business organization
Business studies
Corporate governance
Organization theory
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Summary:The paper reassesses the argument in Understanding Governance (1997). The first section summarizes where we are now in the study of governance, reviewing briefly the key concepts of policy networks, governance, core executive, hollowing out the state and the differentiated polity. The second section engages with my critics with the aim of opening new directions of research. I concentrate on the key issues of: the context of policy networks, explaining change and the role of ideas, the decline of the state, rescuing the core executive, and steering networks. Under each heading, I sketch a decentred answer to the question of where we go from here. I argue the analysis of governance should focus on beliefs, practices, traditions and dilemmas.
ISSN:0170-8406
1741-3044
DOI:10.1177/0170840607076586