The politics of self-governance [electronic resource] / edited by Eva Srensen and Peter Triantafillou - Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2009 - 1 online resource (xii, 223 p.) : ill.

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Includes bibliographical references and index

The politics of self-governance: an introduction / Eva Sorensen and Peter Triantafillou --- Part 1. Scientific Reflections on Governance -- 2. A macro level perspective on governance of the self and others / Anders Esmark and Peter Triantafillou -- 3. The politics of self-governance in meso level theories / Eva Sorensen and Jacob Torfing -- 4. Self-governance in micro level theory / Lina Eriksson --- Part 2. Governance in Action -- 5. The institutional design of self-governance: insights from public-private partnerships / Keith Baker, Jonathan B. Justice and Chris Skelcher -- 6. Citizen and city: institutional reform and self-governance in Los Angeles / Juliet Musso and Christopher Weare -- 7. Paradoxes of the self: self-owning universities in a society of control / Jacob Williams Orberg and Susan Wright -- 8. Self-governance and the disappearance of the human body / Herbert Gottweis -- 9. Public administration in teams: self-governing civil servants / Birgitte Poulsen -- 10. Governing the responsible prisoner: a comparative analysis / Mary Bosworth -- 11. Self-governance through the committees in the in the open method of co-ordination: the cases of employment and social inclusion / Caroline de la Porte, David Natali and Philippe Pochet -- 12. Conclusion/ Eva Sorensen and Peter Triantafillou


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Political planning--Citizen participation
Local government--Citizen participation
Democracy
Public-private sector cooperation