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This paper reviews governance and public governance related to an emerging area of policy interest – social innovation. The European Commission's White Paper on European Governance (2001) focused on openness, participation, accountability, effectiveness and coherence in public policy as characteristics of good governance. The EC has prioritised social innovation to address policy problems. Yet, the extant literature and research on social innovation is sparse. The paper questions whether it is a new mode of governance which contributes to good governance or a continuum of neoliberal reforms of the state which alters the relationship between the state, market and civil society.

Following recent theoretical contributions, this article suggests a new approach to finding the governance in Internet governance. Studies on Internet governance rely on contradictory notions of governance. The common understanding of governance as some form of deliberate steering or regulation clashes with equally common definitions of Internet governance as distributed modes of ordering. Drawing on controversies in the broader field of governance and regulation studies, we propose to resolve this conceptual conundrum by grounding governance in mundane activities of coordination. We define governance as reflexive coordination – focusing on those 'critical moments', when routine activities become problematic and need to be revised, thus, when regular coordination itself requires coordination. Regulation, in turn, can be understood as targeted public or private interventions aiming to influence the behaviour of others. With this distinction between governance and regulation, we offer a conceptual framework for empirical studies of doing Internet governance.

Urban, demographic and climate trends are increasingly exposing cities to risks of having too little, too much and too polluted water. Facing these challenges requires robust public policies and sound governance frameworks to co-ordinate across multiple scales, authorities, and policy domains. Building on a survey of 48 cities in OECD countries and emerging economies, the report analyses key factors affecting urban water governance, discusses trends in allocating roles and responsibilities across levels of government, and assesses multi-level governance gaps in urban water management. It provides a framework for mitigating territorial and institutional fragmentation and raising the profile of water in the broader sustainable development agenda, focusing in particular on the contribution of metropolitan governance, rural-urban partnerships and stakeholder engagement

Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Key messages -- Chapter 1. Urban water governance today - Setting the scene -- Key messages -- Why urban water governance matters -- Analytical framework -- Characteristics of cities affecting urban water governance -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2. Factors shaping urban water governance -- Key messages -- Water infrastructure challenges in cities -- The risks of too much, too little, too polluted water -- Institutional factors -- Environmental and socio-economic factors

Change and planning -- The rise and fall of the consensus on planning -- New understandings : a reinvigorated and fragmented left -- New understandings : a reinvigorated and unified right -- From new right to neoliberal spatial governance -- A new ethos -- A new politics for planning -- New spaces and scales -- Localism, the big society and austerity planning -- Conclusions

This book provides a new approach to thinking about the politics and geographies of climate governance. It argues that in order to understand the nature and potential of the range of new responses to climate change emerging at multiple scales we need to examine how governance is accomplished - how it is undertaken, practised and contested. Through a range of case studies drawn from communities, corporations and local government, the book examines how climate change comes to be governed and made to matter as an issue with which diverse publics should be concerned. It concludes that rather than seeking the solution to climate change once and for all, we need to engage with the ways in which we can channel our intentions to ameliorate the climate problem to more progressive ends. The book will be of interest to researchers, advanced students and policy makers across the social sciences

Intro -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Chapter 1 -- e-Governance in India: An Analytical Perspective -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Essence of e-Governance -- 3. e-Governance in India -- 4. Brighter Side of e-Governance -- 5. Darker Side of e-Governance -- 6. Recent Initiatives of Union Government -- Some Cases from States -- 6.1. E-Connectivity of Prisons - A Case of Dhanbad -- 6.2. E-Connectivity of Prisons in Haryana -- 6.3. E-Challan - Case of Chennai and Bangalore -- 6.4. Mother Child Health Tracking System - A Case of Haryana -- 6.5. Computerization of Public Distribution System -- 7. Realty Check -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Rural Development and Information Technology: The Way Ahead -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Rural Development and Rural Development Programmes -- Challenges in Rural Development -- ICT and Rural Development -- Role and Applications of ICT in Development Programmes -- ICT for Citizen Centric Services -- Agricultural Goods Sales and Purchase Information System -- Enhanced Decentralization -- Climate and Water Resources -- Health Care Facilities for Rural Areas though Telemedicine -- Disaster Management in Rural Areas -- Distance Learning Services for Rural People -- Some Specialized ICT and e-Governance Services -- Challenges of ICT in Rural Development -- Unavailability of Electricity and High Cost ICTs Equipment -- Low Literacy Levels and Lack of ICT Personnel -- Lack of Telecommunications and Internet Services -- Local Language Problem -- Acceptance in Rural People -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Challenges to Implement e-Governance in Rural India -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. History of e-Governance in India -- 3. National Informatics Centre (NIC) -- 4. Models for e-Governance -- 5. Objectives of e-Governance