Varieties of Governance

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction: Varieties of Governance as a Concept and Empirical Reality

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Re-thinking Governance in Public Policy: Dynamics, Strategy and Capacities

      • Giliberto Capano, Michael Howlett, M. Ramesh

      Pages 3-24

3. Governance Dynamics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25

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   2. Governing Cross-border Capital Flows: The Dynamics of Capital Account Policies

      • Manuela Moschella

      Pages 27-50

   3. Similar Regulatory Challenges but Contrasting Modes of Governance? The Puzzle of Governing Human Biotechnology across Western Europe

      • Isabelle Engeli, Christine Rothmayr Allison

      Pages 51-73

   4. Environmental Policy and Governance: Bringing the State Back In (Again)?

      • Anthony R. Zito

      Pages 74-100

4. Governance Strategies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

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   2. Federal Strategies for Changing the Governance of Higher Education: Australia, Canada and Germany Compared

      • Giliberto Capano

      Pages 103-130

   3. Research Policy as “Carrots and Sticks”: Governance Strategies in Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand

      • Jenny M. Lewis

      Pages 131-150

   4. Changing Multi-level Governance: The Regained Centrality of National Policy-makers in Recasting Pensions in Central Eastern Europe

      • David Natali

      Pages 151-169

5. The Capacities of Governance Modes: Explaining Variation in Modes of Governance

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171

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   2. Capacity and Autonomy: An Exploration of Fukuyama’s Governance Hypothesis

      • Eduardo Araral, Riccardo Pelizzo, Aziz Burkhanov, Yu-wen Chen, Saltanat Janenova, Neil Collins

      Pages 173-193

   3. Governing Health Care in an Imperfect World: Hierarchy, Markets and Networks in China and Thailand

      • M. Ramesh, Xun Wu, Michael Howlett

      Pages 194-210

   4. Governance Capacities in the European Union: Normative Goals and Empirical Evidence

      • Eva G. Heidbreder

      Pages 211-231

6. Conclusion: Moving Forward in Studies of Governance Arrangements

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-233

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   2. The Past and Future of Governance Studies: From Governance to Meta-governance?

      • Jeremy Rayner

      Pages 235-254

7. Back Matter

   Pages 255-265

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This edited collection examines various facets of governance - the organization and steering of political processes within society - for a better understanding of the complexities of contemporary policy making.

• Governance
• policy instruments
• governance dynamics
• governance strategy
• governance capacity
• comparative public policy
• governance change
• environmental policy
• Europe
• European Union (EU)
• Germany
• Government
• Policy

• Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy

  Giliberto Capano

• Simon Fraser University, Canada

  Michael Howlett

• National University of Singapore, Singapore

  Michael Howlett, M. Ramesh

Eduardo Araral, National University of Singapore. Aziz Burkhanov, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. Yu-Wen Chen, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. Neil Collins, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. Isabelle Engeli, University of Ottawa, Canada. Eva Heidbreder, Heinrich Heine University in Duesseldorf, Germany. Saltanat Janenova, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. Jenny M Lewis, University of Melbourne, Australia. Manuela Moschella, University of Turin, Italy. David Natali, University of Bologna in Forlì, Italy. Riccardo Pelizzo, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. Jerey Rayner, University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Christine Rothmayr Allison, University of Montreal, Canada. Anthony R. Zito, Newcastle University, UK. Wu Xun, National University of Singapore.

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