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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.

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.

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

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.