Understanding Governance (Social Science for Nurses and the Caring Professions)

by . Rhodes (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  1997

  $71.41

  Understanding Governance asks:
  
  * What has changed in British government over the past two decades, how and why?
  
  * Why do so many government policies fail?
  
  * What does the shift from government to governance mean for the practice and study of British government?
  
  This book provides a challenging reinterpretation which interweaves an account of recent institutional changes in central, local and European Union government with methodological innovations and theoretical analysis. It emphasizes: the inability of the 'Westminster model', with its accent on parliamentary sovereignty and strong executive leadership, to account for persistent policy failure; the 'hollowing out' of British government from above (the European Union), below (special purpose bodies) and sideways (to agencies); and the need to respond to the postmodern challenge, rethinking the methodological and theoretical assumptions in the study of British government. Professor Rhodes makes a significant and timely contribution to our understanding of government and governance.