0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > International institutions > EU & European institutions

Buy Now

Governing through Institution Building - Institutional Theory and Recent European Experiments in Democratic Organization (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,981
Discovery Miles 29 810
Governing through Institution Building - Institutional Theory and Recent European Experiments in Democratic Organization...

Governing through Institution Building - Institutional Theory and Recent European Experiments in Democratic Organization (Hardcover)

Johan P. Olsen

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R2,981 Discovery Miles 29 810 | Repayment Terms: R279 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days

Many reformers argue that the future of democracies depends on the quality of their political institutions. If so, it may be worthwhile examining the democratic-instrumental vision of citizens and their representatives--which assumes that they can and should decide how they might be organized and governed--and thereby develop a better theoretical understanding of the nature, architecture, dynamics of change, performance, and effects of institutions.
It may be useful to study the possibilities and limitations of governing through deliberately changing institutional arrangements and thereby achieving intended, anticipated and desired effects--including how institutions contribute to organized rule, orderly change, civilized co-existence, unity in diversity and the ability to accommodate and continuously balance rather than eliminate what John Stuart Mill called "standing antagonisms."
Governing through Institution Building offers an organization-theory-based institutional approach and it assumes that a fruitful route to improved understanding of political organization and government is to observe large-scale institutional reforms. The primary source of insight is the grand experiment in political integration through institution building and polity formation in Europe--the European Union. Yet, the book relates to century-long controversies concerning what is good government and how best to organize common affairs. The main challenge is to examine the claim that theoretical ideas and concepts developed in the context of the sovereign state are outdated in the context of the emerging European polity and a globalized world and to analyze what students of political institutions, as well as citizens, can learn from recent European experiments in democratic organization and government.

General

Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 2010
First published: November 2010
Authors: Johan P. Olsen
Dimensions: 241 x 164 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-959393-4
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > International institutions > EU & European institutions
Promotions
LSN: 0-19-959393-0
Barcode: 9780199593934

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

The Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics
Erik Jones, Gianfranco Pasquino Hardcover R4,836 Discovery Miles 48 360
The Oxford Handbook of European Union…
Anthony Arnull, Damian Chalmers Hardcover R5,447 Discovery Miles 54 470
EU Securities and Financial Markets…
Niamh Moloney Hardcover R9,402 Discovery Miles 94 020
The Law of EU External Relations…
Pieter Jan Kuijper, Jan Wouters, … Hardcover R6,653 Discovery Miles 66 530
The Peculiarities of Gewrman History…
David Blackbourn, Geoff Eley Hardcover R1,567 Discovery Miles 15 670
The European Union Encyclopedia and…
Europa Publications Hardcover R11,443 Discovery Miles 114 430
The Oxford Handbook of the European…
Erik Jones, Anand Menon Hardcover R5,427 Discovery Miles 54 270
Economic and Monetary Union
Michele Chang Hardcover R4,580 Discovery Miles 45 800
European Union Law
Robert Schutze Hardcover R5,945 R3,820 Discovery Miles 38 200
Protection of Foreign Investments in an…
Dominik Moskvan Hardcover R3,275 Discovery Miles 32 750
Corporate Recovery in an Integrated…
Irene Lynch-Fannon, Jennifer L L Gant, … Hardcover R3,879 Discovery Miles 38 790
After Brexit, What Next? - Trade…
Patrick Minford Paperback R831 Discovery Miles 8 310

See more

Partners