The Oxford Handbook of Governance presents an authoritative and accessible state-of-the-art analysis of the social science literature on governance. The volume presents the core concepts and knowledge that have evolved in the study of governance in different levels and arenas of politics and policymaking. In doing so it establishes itself as the essential point of reference for all those studying politics, society, and economics from a governance perspective. The volume comprises fifty-two chapters from leaders in the field. The chapters are organized in nine sections dealing with topics that include governance as the reform of the state, democratic governance, European governance, and global governance.

David Levi-Faur is a founding editor of the journal Regulation & Governance. He is based at the Department of Political Science and the Federmann School of Public Policy and Government at the Hebrew University. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Kolleg-Forschergruppe "The Transformative Power of Europe " the Free University of Berlin.