B. Guy Peters is Maurice Falk Professor of American Government at the University of Pittsburgh. He has written extensively in the areas of public administration and public policy, both for the United States and comparatively. Among his recent publications are the Handbook of Public Administration and The Quest for Control: Politicization of the Public Service.
Preface
1. The governance problem
2. The theory of governance
3. Decision-making: the essence of governing
4. Governance and comparative politics
5. The institutional politics of intergovernmental relationships
6. Implementation, administration and governance
7. Governance failure, functional failure and state failure
8. The change of governance and the governance of change
9. Conclusions: governance, functionalism and comparative politics
References
Index.
