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Author Matthews, Felicity (Felicity Mary)

Title Complexity, fragmentation, and uncertainty : government capacity in an evolving state / Felicity Matthews
Edition 1st ed
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 249 pages)
Contents Why governance matters -- The evolving capacity of the state and the challenge of governance -- Governing as (new) Labour -- Public service agreements -- Recycling -- Climate change -- The PSA framework and strategic governance -- Governance in the twentieth-first century
Summary Theories of governance have drawn attention to the way in which a growing number of actors are involved in policy-making and delivery. This text seeks to answer key questions regarding the capacity of national governments to deliver their policy objectives
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Labour Party (Great Britain)
SUBJECT Labour Party (Great Britain) fast
Subject Policy sciences -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century
Policy sciences
Politics and government
Government - Non-U.S.
Law, Politics & Government.
Government - Europe.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1997-2007. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97005399
Subject Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0191756067
9780191756061