Knowledge governance opens new pathways for collective action and is especially suited for solving complex societal problems. This paper analyses knowledge governance in two ways. First, it presents an overview of the literature on this topic with a particular focus on the principles of...

<title>Abstract</title> Across the world public managers are attracted to the narratives of governance and networks. However, implementing new strategies of policy making is difficult, above all when these conflict with the rules and beliefs of existing institutions. This article explores the barriers public...

I Introduction -- 1. Autopoiesis, configuration and steering: impossibility theorem or dynamic steering theory -- 2. Introduction to configuration approach: a process theory for societal steering -- 3. Introduction to autopoiesis theory and autopoietic steering -- II Configuration Theory -- 4....