Edited by Christopher Ansell, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, US and Jacob Torfing, Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, Denmark

• Contents:Preface xiiAcknowledgements xvii1 Introduction to the Handbook on Theories of Governance 1Christopher Ansell and Jacob TorfingPART I THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF GOVERNANCE2 Collective action theory 18Robert Holahan and Mark Lubell3 Organization theory 28Morten Egeberg, Åse Gornitzka and Jarle Trondal4 Public management theory 42Zoe Radnor, Stephen Osborne and Russ Glennon5 Planning theory 56Thomas Hartmann and Stan Geertman6 Policy process frameworks 66Saba Siddiki7 State theory 77Bob Jessop8 Democratic theory 89Andreas Klinke9 Public law and regulatory theory 104Shauhin Talesh10 Development theory 118Jennifer N. Brass11 International relations theory 129Kerstin SahlinPART II BASIC THEORETICAL CONCEPTS12 Heterarchy 140Karen Stephenson13 Network 149Patrick Kenis14 Public participation 158Kathryn S. Quick and John M. Bryson15 Representation 169Lucy Taylor16 Deliberation 178Per Ola Öberg17 Power 187Mark Haugaard18 Legitimacy 196Sylvia I. Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen19 Trust 205Bart Nooteboom20 Accountability 215Yannis Papadopoulos21 Transparency 226Jenny de Fine Licht and Daniel Naurin22 Evidence 234Paul Cairney23 Learning 244Tanya Heikkila and Andrea K. Gerlak24 Innovation 254Jean Hartley and Jacob Torfing25 Risk 264Ortwin Renn and Andreas Klinke26 Steering 278Renate Mayntz27 Soft and hard governing tools 285Paula BlomqvistPART III THEORETICAL MODES OF ANALYSIS28 Information-based governance 298Graham Bullock29 Discourse theory 309Steven Griggs and David Howarth30 Institutional theory 323B. Guy Peters31 Public choice theory 336Lina Ericksson32 The Advocacy Coalition Framework 353Jonathan J. Pierce and Alex Osei-Kojo33 Economic theory 365Klaus Nielsen34 Governmentality 378Peter Triantafillou35 Complexity theory and systems analysis 389Christopher Koliba, Lasse Gerrits, Mary Lee Rhodes and Jack W. Meek36 Narrative and interpretative theory 407Nick Turnbull37 Pragmatism 419Christopher Ansell38 Normative considerations of interactive governance: effectiveness,efficiency, legitimacy and innovation 429Jurian Edelenbos and Ingmar van MeerkerkPART IV FORMS OF GOVERNANCE39 Co-production: theoretical roots and conceptual frameworks 446Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler40 Democratic network governance 462Eva Sørensen41 Regulatory governance 472John Yasuda42 Network governance 485Robyn Keast43 Collaborative governance 497Alison Gash44 Private governance 510Marija Isailovic and Philipp Pattberg45 Urban and regional governance 519Jon Pierre46 Multi-level governance 528Ian Bache, Ian Bartle and Matt Flinders47 EU and supranational governance 540Diana Panke and Miguel Haubrich-Seco48 Transnational economic governance 555Walter Mattli and Jack Seddon49 Metagovernance 567Jacob Torfing50 Adaptive governance 580Toddi Steelman51 Experimentalist governance 592Bernardo Rangoni52 Epilogue: the current status and future development of governance theories 604Christopher Ansell and Jacob TorfingIndex

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