TOWARDS GOVERNANCE THEORY : In search for a common ground

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Björk, Peder G. Johansson, H.
Copyright Year	2001
Abstract	Many researchers have pointed out the considerable change of society, which to a large extent has been the point of departure for research in governance. Governance is a very dispersed area of research, such as the minimal state, corporate governance, new public management, good governance, socio-cybernetic system and selforganising network. This article aims at suggesting a common ground for a governance theory. We believe that a common ground can be found in that governance is a non-normative macro level theory, where the state has ambitions to govern and is therefore a more or less important actor. The state governs the society with new means and methods, which also results in new prerequisites for organising societal actors. The organised actors are not co-ordinated through hierarchies. Governance theory focuses on processes in a more or less static political system, and not primarily on the outcome of these processes.
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