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Dominant governance theories are drawn primarily from Euro-American
sources, including emergent theories of network and collaborative
governance. The authors contest this narrow view and seek a more
globally inclusive and transdisciplinary perspective, arguing such
an approach is more fruitful in addressing the wicked problems of
sustainability-including social, economic, and environmental
crises. This book thus offers and affirms an innovative governance
approach that may hold more promise as a "universal" framework that
is not colonizing in nature due to its grounding in relational
process assumptions and practices. Using a comprehensive Governance
Typology that encompasses ontological assumptions, psychosocial
theory, epistemological concepts, belief systems, ethical concepts,
political theory, economic theory, and administrative theory, the
authors delve deeply into underlying philosophical commitments and
carry them into practice through an approach they call Integrative
Governance. The authors consider ways this approach to radical
self-governance is already being implemented in the prefigurative
politics of contemporary social movements, and they invite scholars
and activists to: imagine governance in contexts of social,
economic, and environmental interconnectedness; to use the
ideal-type as an evaluative tool against which to measure practice;
and to pursue paradigmatic change through collaborative praxis.
This book presents a critique of dominant governance theories
grounded in an understanding of existence as a static, discrete,
mechanistic process, while also identifying the failures of
theories that assume dynamic alternatives of either a radically
collectivist or individualist nature. Relationships between
ontology and governance practices are established, drawing upon a
wide range of social, political, and administrative theory.
Employing the ideal-type method and dialectical analysis to
establish meanings, the authors develop a typology of four dominant
approaches to governance. The authors then provide a systematic
analysis of each governance approach, thoroughly unpacking and
critiquing each one and exploring the relationships and movements
among them that engender reform and revolution as well as
retrenchment and obfuscation of power dynamics. After demonstrating
that each governance approach has fatal flaws within a diverse
global context, the authors propose an alternative they call
Integrative Governance. As a synthesis of the ideal-types,
Integrative Governance is neither individualist nor collectivist,
while still maintaining the dynamic character required to
accommodate responsiveness to cultural contexts.
Dominant governance theories are drawn primarily from Euro-American
sources, including emergent theories of network and collaborative
governance. The authors contest this narrow view and seek a more
globally inclusive and transdisciplinary perspective, arguing such
an approach is more fruitful in addressing the wicked problems of
sustainability-including social, economic, and environmental
crises. This book thus offers and affirms an innovative governance
approach that may hold more promise as a "universal" framework that
is not colonizing in nature due to its grounding in relational
process assumptions and practices. Using a comprehensive Governance
Typology that encompasses ontological assumptions, psychosocial
theory, epistemological concepts, belief systems, ethical concepts,
political theory, economic theory, and administrative theory, the
authors delve deeply into underlying philosophical commitments and
carry them into practice through an approach they call Integrative
Governance. The authors consider ways this approach to radical
self-governance is already being implemented in the prefigurative
politics of contemporary social movements, and they invite scholars
and activists to: imagine governance in contexts of social,
economic, and environmental interconnectedness; to use the
ideal-type as an evaluative tool against which to measure practice;
and to pursue paradigmatic change through collaborative praxis.
This book presents a critique of dominant governance theories
grounded in an understanding of existence as a static, discrete,
mechanistic process, while also identifying the failures of
theories that assume dynamic alternatives of either a radically
collectivist or individualist nature. Relationships between
ontology and governance practices are established, drawing upon a
wide range of social, political, and administrative theory.
Employing the ideal-type method and dialectical analysis to
establish meanings, the authors develop a typology of four dominant
approaches to governance. The authors then provide a systematic
analysis of each governance approach, thoroughly unpacking and
critiquing each one and exploring the relationships and movements
among them that engender reform and revolution as well as
retrenchment and obfuscation of power dynamics. After demonstrating
that each governance approach has fatal flaws within a diverse
global context, the authors propose an alternative they call
Integrative Governance. As a synthesis of the ideal-types,
Integrative Governance is neither individualist nor collectivist,
while still maintaining the dynamic character required to
accommodate responsiveness to cultural contexts.
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