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The central theme of Jan Kooiman's book is the notion of governance as a process of interaction between different societal and political actors and the growing interdependencies between the two as modern societies become ever more complex diverse and dynamic

This book contains articles on the theory of conflict. Conflict appears in many forms, from a dictator terrorizing his country to organized crime demanding protection money. Among the questions addressed are the conditions which make conflict severe (for example, is class conflict worse than ethnic conflict?), whether voluntary agreements can avoid future conflict, how the outcome of one war will affect the incentives of countries to wage war in the future, how dictators hold power, and why revolutions appear. The book provides an overview of existing literature, applies the theory of conflict to new situations, and gives foundations for future work. It should interest both researchers and students studying political economy, public choice, international relations, and comparative politics

How should we study government? How do we know what we know about British government? What is governance? Governance in Britain has changed enormously from the market-led Thatcher years to Blair's 'joined up government'. The authors provide a radical challenge to conventional analyses of the subject.

The concept of g̀overnance' has become a central catchword across the social and political sciences. In Governing and Governance, Jan Kooiman revisits and develops his seminal work in the field to map and demonstrate the utility of a sociopolitical perspective to our understanding of contemporary forms of governing, governance and governability. A central underlying theme of the book is the notion of governance as a process of interaction between different societal and political actors and the growing interdependencies between the two as modern societies become ever more complex, dynamic and.

Trust and Governance asks several important questions: Is trust really essential to good governance, or are strong laws more important? What leads people either to trust or to distrust government, and what makes officials decide to be trustworthy? Can too much trust render the public vulnerable to government corruption, and if so what safeguards are necessary? In approaching these questions, the contributors draw upon an abundance of resources to offer different perspectives on the role of trust in government. Enriched by perspectives from political science, sociology, psychology, economics, history, and philosophy, Trust and Governance opens a new dialogue on the role of trust in the vital relationship between citizenry and government.

Insurance as Governance is the first major sociological study of the insurance industry. It examines how the industry controls our institutions and daily lives in ways that are largely invisible, and how it thereby functions as a form of government beyond the state. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research on industry practices, the work penetrates the complexities of the insurance industry and demonstrates why it is such a powerful and pervasive institution. The authors advance the concept of moral risk as they consider how insurance companies partner with governments and corporations in the negotiation of economic policy. In effect, Insurance as Governance documents liberal theory at work. It offers a major case study of liberal governance beyond the state and explores such larger issues as how insurance is increasingly liberal rather than welfarist in orientation, and how insurance is the vanguard of liberalization in governance throughout postindustrial societies. Wide-ranging in scope and original in approach, the text provides a sophisticated integration of empirical data and theoretical approaches relating to insurance, risk, governance, and security.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Glossary of Abbreviations -- Part I Global Governance -- 1 Globalization and Governance: an Overview -- 2 Taming Capital, Holding Peace -- 3 Democratizing Governance -- Part II Global Financial Flows -- 4 The Political Economy of Globalization: the Old and the New -- 5 Financial Globalization: the State, Capital and Policy-making -- 6 The Asian Financial Crisis and IMF Intervention -- 7 The Role of Portfolio Investors in the Asian Financial Crisis -- 8 The Case for Regional and Global Financial Regulation -- 9 Renewing the Governance of the Global Economy -- Part III Global Peace and Security -- 10 Conflict Prevention: Towards a Multidimensional Approach -- 11 The UN and Disarmament: a Global and Regional Action Plan -- 12 The Politics of Biological and Chemical Disarmament -- 13 Reforming Multilateral Peace Operations: a Survey -- 14 Peace Operations: the Road Ahead -- Part IV Reimagining the Future -- 15 Major Structural Reform -- 16 The Politics of Reform -- Select Bibliography -- Index.