Governing as Governance

The concept of `governance' has become a central catchword across the social and political sciences. In Governing as Governance, Jan Kooiman revisits and develops his seminal work in the field to map and demonstrate the utility of a sociopolitical perspective to our understanding of contemporary forms of governing, governance and governability.

PART ONE: GOVERNANCE AS INTERACTION
Setting the Stage
Interaction
PART TWO: ELEMENTS OF GOVERNING
Governing Images
Governing Instrumentation
Governing Action
PART THREE: MODES OF GOVERNANCE
Self-Governance
Co Governance
Hierarchical Governance
PART FOUR: ORDERS OF GOVERNANCE
Problems and Opportunities (First-Order Governance)
Institutions (Second-Order Governance)
Meta (Third-Order Governance)
PART FIVE: GOVERNANCE AND GOVERNABILITY
Society, Governance and Governability
Interactions, Governance and Governability