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Complexity, Fragmentation, and Uncertainty - Government Capacity in an Evolving State (Hardcover, New)
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Complexity, Fragmentation, and Uncertainty - Government Capacity in an Evolving State (Hardcover, New)
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In posing challenging questions about the relationship between
state and society, theories of governance have promoted fierce
debate regarding the capacity of government in an increasingly
crowded policy terrain. Presenting for the first time the results
of an extensive programme of original research, this book analyses
the ways in which national governments have responded to the raft
of challenges to capacity associated with the governance debate. In
doing so, it considers the impact of new policy challenges such as
the earth's changing climate, and the increasing necessity of
securing individual behavioural change. To illuminate these issues,
the book focuses on the Labour Government's attempts to steer the
British state, offering the first in-depth analysis of the Public
Service Agreement framework - a target-based delivery instrument,
underpinned by the principles of centralised steering and
accountability, cross-Whitehall collaboration, and operational
autonomy - as a critical tool of strategic governance. As the story
of Labour's approach to governing through the Public Service
Agreement framework unfolds, a range of important themes emerge
regarding the extent to which an increasingly crowded policy arena
has engendered complexity and fragmentation at all stages of the
policy process; and in turn, the extent to which a recognition of
such challenges permeated the political, cultural, and
institutional norms of government. Yet, despite the picture of a
hollow state painted in many accounts of governance, the book
reveals how the unique resource advantages and democratic
legitimacy afforded to central governments equip them with the
potential to redefine their role and preserve their centrality.
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