Debating Governance Authority, Steering, and Democracy

Leading scholars in the field of governance examine the effectiveness of the different non-institutional strategies at the disposal of modern governments in tackling issues of urban decline, public administrations, governmental regionalization, budget deficits and global economics. Thegovernance approach to political science yields a new perspective on the role of the state, domestically as well as in the international arena. Globalization, internationalization, and the growing influence of networks in domestic politics means that the notions of state strength and the role of thestate in society must re-examined.

Alec Stone Sweet is Official Fellow in Politics and Chair in Comparative Government, Nuffield College, Oxford University.