Governance as Theory, Practice and Dilemma - Mark Bevir
PART ONE: THEORIES OF GOVERNANCE
Policy-Network Theory - Henrik Enroth
Rational-Choice Theory - Keith Dowding
Interpretive Theory - Mark Bevir
Organization Theory - Robert K. Christensen and Mary Tschirhart
Institutional Theory - B. Guy Peters
Systems Theory - Anders Esmark
Meta-Gvernance - Bob Jessop
State-Society Relations - Jefferey M. Sellers
Policy Instruments and Governance - Patrick Le Galès
Development Theory - Phyllis R. Pomerantz
Measuring Governance - Pippa Norris
PART TWO: PRACTICES OF GOVERNANCE
The Stateless State - Mark Bevir and R. A. W. Rhodes
The Persistence of Hierarchy - Laurence E. Lynn Jr
Contracting out - Steven Cohen and William Eimicke
Public Management - Carolyn J. Heinrich
Budgeting and Finance - Anthony B. L. Cheung
Partnerships - Gunnar Folke Schuppert
Multijurisdictional Regulation - Andy Smith
Local Governance - Bas Denters
Non-Governmental Organizations - M. Shamsul Haque
Transgovernmental Networks - Anne-Marie Slaughter and Thomas N. Hale
Global Governance - Mark Bevir and Ian Hall
PART THREE: DILEMMAS OF GOVERNANCE
Legitimacy - Mark Considine and Kamran Ali Afzal
Collaborative Governance - Lisa Blomgren Bingham
Participation - Peter McLaverty
Leadership - Janet V. Denhardt and Robert B. Denhardt
Network Management - Michael McGuire
Social Inclusion - Petri Koikkalainen
Capacity-Building - Hok Bun Ku and Angelina W. K. Yuen-Tsang
Decentralization - Fumihiko Saito
Governing the Commons - Wai Fung Lam
Regulation - Marian Döhler
Sustainable Development - James Meadowcroft

The study of governance has risen to prominence as a way of describing and explaining changes in our world. The SAGE Handbook of Governance presents an authoritative and innovative overview of this fascinating field, with particular emphasis on the significant new and emerging theoretical issues and policy innovations.

The Handbook is divided into three parts. Part one explores the major theories influencing current thinking and shaping future research in the field of governance. Part two deals specifically with changing practices and policy innovations, including the changing role of the state, transnational and global governance, markets and networks, public management, and budgeting and finance. Part three explores the dilemmas of managing governance, including attempts to rethink democracy and citizenship as well as specific policy issues such as capacity building, regulation, and sustainable development.

This volume is an excellent resource for advanced students and researchers in political science, economics, geography, sociology, and public administration.

Mark Bevir is a Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.