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oapen-20.500.12657-640552023-07-25T02:49:28Z Polycentrism Gadinger, Frank Scholte, Jan Aart governance, governing, interdisciplinarity, legitimacy, methodology, polycentrism, power, techniques bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPH Political structure & processes bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPP Public administration How does governing work today? How does society (mis)handle pressing challenges such as armed violence, cultural difference, ecological degradation, economic restructuring, geopolitical shifts, global pandemics, migration flows, and technological change in ways that are democratic, effective, fair, peaceful, and sustainable? This book addresses this key question around the theme of ‘polycentrism’: i.e. the idea that contemporary governing is dispersed, fluctuating, messy, elusive, and headless. Chapters develop this notion of polycentrism from a broad spectrum of academic disciplines and theoretical approaches. Readers thereby obtain a full coverage of exciting new thinking about how today’s world is (mis)ruled. The book distinguishes four paradigms of knowledge about polycentric governing—organizational, legal, relational, structural—and pursues conversations across the divides that normally keep these approaches in separate research communities. These exceptional inter-paradigm exchanges focus especially on issues of techniques (how governing is done), power (what forces drive governing), and legitimacy (whether governing is rightful). Comparisons between the multiple perspectives on polycentric governing highlight, and help to clarify, the distinctive emphases, potentials, and limitations of each approach. In addition, combinations across the diverse theories generate promising novel avenues of thought about polycentrism. Through their engagement with the book, readers can develop their own understandings of governing today and thereby become more empowered political subjects. 2023-07-24T08:31:01Z 2023-07-24T08:31:01Z 2023 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/64055 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9780192866837.pdf https://global.oup.com/academic/product/polycentrism-9780192866837 Oxford University Press 10.1093/oso/9780192866837.001.0001 10.1093/oso/9780192866837.001.0001 b9501915-cdee-4f2a-8030-9c0b187854b2 d4509d54-b0d3-4ca9-ae2a-01a4234bc608 416 Oxford Centre for Global Cooperation Research Centre for Global Cooperation Research an der Universität Duisburg-Essen open access
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How does governing work today? How does society (mis)handle pressing challenges such as armed violence, cultural difference, ecological degradation, economic restructuring, geopolitical shifts, global pandemics, migration flows, and technological change in ways that are democratic, effective, fair, peaceful, and sustainable? This book addresses this key question around the theme of ‘polycentrism’: i.e. the idea that contemporary governing is dispersed, fluctuating, messy, elusive, and headless. Chapters develop this notion of polycentrism from a broad spectrum of academic disciplines and theoretical approaches. Readers thereby obtain a full coverage of exciting new thinking about how today’s world is (mis)ruled. The book distinguishes four paradigms of knowledge about polycentric governing—organizational, legal, relational, structural—and pursues conversations across the divides that normally keep these approaches in separate research communities. These exceptional inter-paradigm exchanges focus especially on issues of techniques (how governing is done), power (what forces drive governing), and legitimacy (whether governing is rightful). Comparisons between the multiple perspectives on polycentric governing highlight, and help to clarify, the distinctive emphases, potentials, and limitations of each approach. In addition, combinations across the diverse theories generate promising novel avenues of thought about polycentrism. Through their engagement with the book, readers can develop their own understandings of governing today and thereby become more empowered political subjects.
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