Governance Theory and Practice: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach [Paperback]

Confusion about governance abounds. Many lack appreciation of how different traditions of thought in the social sciences contribute to our understanding. This book tackles these weaknesses head on and aims to provide a wider vision of the area, examining three critical areas of practice: environmental, corporate and participatory governance.Introduction: Exploring Governance Governance in Public Administration and Political Science Governance and the New Institutional Economics? International Relations Governance in Development Studies? Governance in Socio Legal Studies? Corporate Governance (with Damian Tobin) Participatory Governance? Environmental Governance Governance: From Theory to Practice

Governance is one of the most widely used and yet least well understood concepts in academia and policy practice. Chhotray and Stoker have done us all a great favour by bringing together crucial insights from a range of disciplines concerning the theory and practice of governance. Compherensive and accessible, this book deserves to be widely read.

- Professor Peter Newell, School of International Development, University of East Anglia, UK

GERRY STOKER is Professor of Politics and Governance at the University of Southampton, UK. He has authored or edited over 20 books and published over 70 refereed articles or chapters in books. His book Why Politics Matters won the 2006 political book of the year award from the Political Studies Association of the UK.

VASUDHA CHHOTRAY lectures at the School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, UK. Her research interests beyond governance extend to include water rights and development and donor strategies. Her articles have appeared in several journals.