The Problem Solving Capacity Of The Modern State

Author : Martin Lodge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780191784880
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Problem-solving Capacity of the Modern State written by Martin Lodge and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title examines the capacity of contemporary governments to act upon and address the pressing problems of our time. It highlights four basic administrative capacities that matter for governance and considers the way in which states have addressed particular governance challenges.

Author : Martin Lodge
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198716362
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Problem-solving Capacity of the Modern State written by Martin Lodge and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governance Challenges and Innovations examines the capacity of contemporary governments to act upon and address the pressing problems of our time. It highlights four basic administrative capacities that matter for governance and considers the way in which states have addressed particular governance challenges.

Author : Martin Lodge
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191025674
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Problem-solving Capacity of the Modern State written by Martin Lodge and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early 21st century has presented considerable challenges to the problem-solving capacity of the contemporary state in the industrialised world. Among the many uncertainties, anxieties and tensions, it is, however, the cumulative challenge of fiscal austerity, demographic developments, and climate change that presents the key test for contemporary states. Debates abound regarding the state's ability to address these and other problems given increasingly dispersed forms of governing and institutional vulnerabilities created by politico-administrative and economic decision-making structures. This volume advances these debates, first, by moving towards a cross-sectoral perspective that takes into account the cumulative nature of the contemporary challenge to governance focusing on the key governance areas of infrastructure, sustainability, social welfare, and social integration; second, by considering innovations that have sought to add problem-solving capacity; and third, by exploring the kind of administrative capacities (delivery, regulatory, coordination, and analytical) required to encourage and sustain innovative problem-solving. This edition introduces a framework for understanding the four administrative capacities that are central to any attempt at problem-solving and how they enable the policy instruments of the state to have their intended effect. It also features chapters that focus on the way in which these capacities have become stretched and how they have been adjusted, given the changing conditions; the way in which different states have addressed particular governance challenges, with particular attention paid to innovation at the level of policy instrument and the required administrative capacities; and, finally, types of governance capacities that lie outside the boundaries of the state.

Author : Xavier De Souza Briggs
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262262010
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democracy as Problem Solving written by Xavier De Souza Briggs and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2008-07-18 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Case studies from around the world and theoretical discussion show how the capacity to act collectively on local problems can be developed, strengthening democracy while changing social and economic outcomes. Complexity, division, mistrust, and “process paralysis” can thwart leaders and others when they tackle local challenges. In Democracy as Problem Solving, Xavier de Souza Briggs shows how civic capacity—the capacity to create and sustain smart collective action—can be developed and used. In an era of sharp debate over the conditions under which democracy can develop while broadening participation and building community, Briggs argues that understanding and building civic capacity is crucial for strengthening governance and changing the state of the world in the process. More than managing a contest among interest groups or spurring deliberation to reframe issues, democracy can be what the public most desires: a recipe for significant progress on important problems. Briggs examines efforts in six cities, in the United States, Brazil, India, and South Africa, that face the millennial challenges of rapid urban growth, economic restructuring, and investing in the next generation. These challenges demand the engagement of government, business, and nongovernmental sectors. And the keys to progress include the ability to combine learning and bargaining continuously, forge multiple forms of accountability, and find ways to leverage the capacity of the grassroots and what Briggs terms the “grasstops,” regardless of who initiates change or who participates over time. Civic capacity, Briggs shows, can—and must—be developed even in places that lack traditions of cooperative civic action.

Author : Robert Morrison MacIver
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Modern State written by Robert Morrison MacIver and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Graeme J. Gill
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN 13 : 9780333804490
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nature and Development of the Modern State written by Graeme J. Gill and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2003 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the increasing globalization of many aspects of social, economic and political life, the state remains the fundamental element of contemporary governance. This book provides a broad-ranging introduction to the origins, role and future of the modern state and makes its own distinct contribution to tracing out continuities and changes especially in relation to the development of state capacity.

Author : Christopher Pierson
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415074520
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Modern State written by Christopher Pierson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modern state is hugely important in our everyday lives. It takes nearly half our income in taxes. It registers our births, marriages and deaths. It educates our children and pays our pensions. It has a unique power to compel, in some cases exercising the ultimate sanction of preserving life or ordering death. Yet most of us would struggle to say exactly what the state is. The Modern State offers a clear, comprehensive and provoking introduction to one of the most important phenomena of contemporary life. Topics covered include: * the nation state and its historical context * state and economy * state and societies * state and citizens * international relations * the future of the state

Author : Michael James Hill
Publisher : Prentice Hall PTR
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Policy Process in the Modern State written by Michael James Hill and published by Prentice Hall PTR. This book was released on 1997 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thoroughly revised book includes more explanatory material on the policy process, and the purpose and problems of studying it.

Author : Tanja A. Börzel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107183693
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Effective Governance Under Anarchy written by Tanja A. Börzel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-08 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democratic and consolidated states are taken as the model for effective rule-making and service provision. In contrast, this book argues that good governance is possible even without a functioning state.

Author : Erika Cudworth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Modern State written by Erika Cudworth and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible introduction to a wide range of theoretical perspectives on the modern state and a comprehensive overview of modern state theory.