Governing Complex Societies Trajectories and Scenarios

Western societies are becoming increasingly complex and challenging to govern, yet the modern state continues to play a central role in governance. This book presents a detailed analysis of the challenges confronting the contemporary state and the process

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Jon Pierre and B. Guy Peters

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Governing Complex Societies

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Governing Complex Societies

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Also by Jon Pierre CHALLENGES TO POLICY CAPACITY (co-editor with Martin Painter, 2005)

HANDBOOK OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (editor, 2003) POLITICIANS, BUREAUCRATS AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM (editor, 2001) DEBATING GOVERNANCE (editor, 2000) GOVERNANCE, POLITICS AND THE STATE (with B. Guy Peters, 2000) PARTNERSHIPS IN URBAN GOVERNANCE (editor, 1998)

Also by B. Guy Peters AMERICAN PUBLIC POLICY (6th edn, 2004) THE POLITICS OF BUREAUCRACY (5th edn, 2001) COMPARATIVE POLITICS: Theory and Method (2000) GOVERNANCE, POLITICS AND THE STATE (with Jon Pierre, 2000) INSTITUTIONAL THEORY IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (1999)

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POLITICIZATION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE (co-editor with B. Guy Peters, 2004)

Trajectories and Scenarios

Jon Pierre Professor of Political Science University of Gothenburg, Sweden

and

B. Guy Peters Maurice Falk Professor of Government University of Pittsburgh, USA

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Governing Complex Societies

© Jon Pierre and B. Guy Peters 2005

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