Johan P Olsen

Governing Through Institution Building

Institutional Theory and Recent European Experiments in Democratic Organization

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Produktbeschreibung

Governing through Institution Building offers an organization theory-based institutional approach to understanding political organization and government by examining large-scale institutional reforms. Political integration is examined through institution building and polity formation in the EU.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9780199593934
• ISBN-10: 0199593930
• Artikelnr.: 29935475

Autorenporträt

Johan P. Olsen is Professor Emeritus, Former and Founding Director of ARENA - Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Professor of Public Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Professor of Political Science, University of Oslo, Visiting Scholar University of California, Irvine and Visiting Scholar and Professor at Stanford University.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface and acknowledgements
* Part I: Introduction
* 1: A Democratic Vision and Some Complications
* Part II: A Grand Experiment in Institution Building and Poliy
Formation
* 2: Lessons in Political Organization from European Integration?
* Part III: Three Unifying Controversies in the Study of Political
Organization
* 3: Change and Continuity
* 4: Central Authority and Institutional Autonomy
* 5: Bureaucracy - An Instrument for Whom and for What Purpose?
* PART IV: Epilogue
* 6: Political Science: Architectonic Discipline or Academic Carrefour?
* Bibliograpy
* Index