Governance and Legitimacy in a Globalized

Authoritative decision-making in the formal context of hierarchical structures of 'government' is increasingly replaced by 'governance'. As a consequence, traditional modes of legitimizing political institutions, actors, and policies have become precarious. The chapters assembled in this volume address numerous aspects of these processes that have been transforming international, national, and subnational politics all over the world.

New Modes of Governance: Opportunities and Limitations of Creating Legitimacy by Deliberative Politics in a Globalizing World	p. 9
Assuring Binding Decisions in a Complex Administrative Environment: Empirical Findings from a Decentralization Process	p. 31
No Governance without Government. Political Management at the State Level: The Case of North Rhine-Westphalia	p. 59
Election Campaigns and Political Culture: Evidence from the 2005 German General Election	p. 75
On the Relevance of the Technocracy Debate. An Essay on the Relationship between Technology and Democracy	p. 105
Supporting Collaboration and Self-Governance: Networked Knowledge Sharing in Academic Learning	p. 121
Conflict Settlement through Europeanization? The Case of the Greek-Macedonian Name Dispute	p. 143
A Silent Farewell? State Fragility as Challenge to the Good Governance Approach	p. 171
China and India in the Global Governance Arena	p. 187
Regional Organizations and the Promotion of Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa	p. 207
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