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This volume presents empirical studies and theoretical reflections on Evolutionary Governance Theory (EGT), its most important concepts and their interrelations. As a novel theory of governance, EGT understands governance as radically evolutionary, which implies that all elements of governance are subject to evolution, that these elements co-evolve and that many of them are the product of governance itself. Through this book we learn how communities understand themselves and their environment and why they create the complex structures and processes we analyze as governance paths. Authors from different disciplines develop the EGT framework further and apply it to a wide range of governance issues that cover topics such as welfare state governance, networks of power, governance of agricultural resources etc. The contributors also reflect on the possibilities and limitations of steering, intervention, management and development in a world continuously in flux. It bridges the gap between more fundamental and philosophical accounts of the social sciences and applied studies, offering theoretical advancement as well as practical recommendations.

Economics/Management Science. --- Public Administration. --- Political Science, general. --- Corporate Governance. --- Development Economics. --- Knowledge - Discourse. --- Environmental Management. --- Economics. --- Environmental management. --- Economie politique --- Environnement --- Gestion --- Development economics. --- Evolutionary economics. --- Government - General --- Law, Politics & Government --- Political Institutions & Public Administration - General --- Corporate governance. --- Political science. --- Public administration. --- Sociology. --- Political Science. --- Economics --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Economic development --- Governance, Corporate --- Industrial management --- Directors of corporations --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Administration, Public --- Delivery of government services --- Government services, Delivery of --- Public management --- Public sector management --- Political science --- Administrative law --- Decentralization in government --- Local government --- Public officers --- Social theory