A distinctive perspective on governance: the building blocks -- Classical liberalism : delineating its theory of governance -- Function, structure, and process at the private-public interface -- Dynamic governance : the polycentrism process and knowledge processes -- Public choice and public...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): 1. David Conn (1978), 'Economic Theory and Comparative Economic Systems: A Partial Literature Survey', Journal of Comparative Economics, 2(4), December, 355-81 2. Avner Ben-Ner, John Michael Montias and Egon Neuberger (1993), 'Basic Issues in...

chapter Introduction -- part Part I From metropolitan reform to a theory of governance systems: The origins and main themes of the Bloomington research program -- chapter 1 Political economy, polycentricity and the metropolitan reform debate -- chapter 2 Crossing the great divide: The nature of...