Leading scholars in the field of governance examine the effectiveness of the different non-institutional strategies at the disposal of modern governments in tackling issues of urban decline, public administrations, governmental regionalization, budget deficits, and global economics.

• 1: Jon Pierre: Introduction: Understanding Governance


• PART I. GOVERNANCE, DEMOCRACY, AND THE STATE


• 2: Paul Hirst: Democracy and Governance


• 3: B. Guy Peters: Governance in Comparative Perspective


• 4: Rod Rhodes: Governance and the Public Administration


• 5: Gerry Stoker: Urban Political Science and the Challenge of Urban Governance


• 6: Andrew Gamble: Governing Sectors of the Economy


• 7: Jan Kooiman: Governance as a Socio-Cybernetic System


• PART II. EMERGING FORMS OF INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE


• 8: James N. Rosenau: Change, Complexity, and Governance in a Globalizing Space


• 9: Anthony Payne: Globalization and Modes of Regionalist Governance


• 10: Alberta Sbragia: The European Union as Coxswain: Governance by Steering


• 11: Jon Pierre: Conclusions: Governance Beyond State Strength

Jon Pierre is Professor, Department of Politics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden