Governance Without Government – Can it Work?
Governance without government is often treated as an alternative to hierarchical government. Research on governance within and beyond the state has focussed on non-hierarchical modes of coordination and the involvement of non-state actors in the formulation and implementation of public policies to overcome problems of government. Yet, empirical studies have convincingly shown that governance without government is most likely to produce (more) adequate policy outcomes if political decisions can be hierarchically imposed. The “shadow of hierarchy” cast by the state provides a crucial incentive for both governments and non-state actors to engage in non-hierarchical coordination. This paper explores how much government is necessary to make governance work. It starts with conceptualizing the relationship between the state and governance and discusses to what extent consolidated statehood is necessary to cast a credible shadow of hierarchy. If governance requires consolidated statehood to be effective, governance without governance is unlikely to work in areas of limited statehood, where governments by definition are too weak to hierarchically adopt and enforce collectively binding rules. We argue, however, that Western governance research, while attempting to move away from the state and from hierarchical modes of steering, has in fact remained wedded to modern statehood and has often embraced modernization theory. As a result, governance research has consistently overlooked the existence of functional equivalents to the shadow of hierarchy. The final part of the paper discusses such functional equivalents, such as the shadow of anarchy, the shadow of the market and the shadow of community
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2009
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Authors: | Börzel, Tanja ; Risse, Thomas |
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[S.l.] : SSRN |
Description of contents: | Abstract [papers.ssrn.com] |
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Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments August 21, 2009 erstellt Volltext nicht verfügbar |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014204701
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