TY - BOOK ID - 4863436 TI - Evolutionary Governance Theory : Theory and Applications AU - Beunen, Raoul. AU - Van Assche, Kristof. AU - Duineveld, Martijn. PY - 2015 SN - 9783319122748 3319122738 9783319122731 3319122746 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Economics/Management Science. KW - Public Administration. KW - Political Science, general. KW - Corporate Governance. KW - Development Economics. KW - Knowledge - Discourse. KW - Environmental Management. KW - Economics. KW - Environmental management. KW - Economie politique KW - Environnement KW - Gestion KW - Development economics. KW - Evolutionary economics. KW - Government - General KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Political Institutions & Public Administration - General KW - Corporate governance. KW - Political science. KW - Public administration. KW - Sociology. KW - Political Science. KW - Economics KW - Environmental stewardship KW - Stewardship, Environmental KW - Environmental sciences KW - Management KW - Economic development KW - Governance, Corporate KW - Industrial management KW - Directors of corporations KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The KW - Administration, Public KW - Delivery of government services KW - Government services, Delivery of KW - Public management KW - Public sector management KW - Political science KW - Administrative law KW - Decentralization in government KW - Local government KW - Public officers KW - Social theory UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4863436 AB - 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. ER -