What is the decentered state?
| Autor: | Mark Bevir |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, RS: GSBE MGSoG, RS: UNU-MERIT Theme 3 |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
| Předmět: |
Public Administration
Sociology and Political Science Group (mathematics) media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 0506 political science Epistemology f59 - International Relations and International Political Economy: Other 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Empirical research Postfoundationalism State (polity) Section (archaeology) International Relations and International Political Economy: Other 050602 political science & public administration 030212 general & internal medicine Sociology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Public Policy and Administration, 37(1):0952076720904993, 3-21. SAGE Publications Inc. |
| ISSN: | 0952-0767 |
| Popis: | This article provides an introduction to discussions and empirical studies of the decentered state. The first section traces the historical origins of the concept of the decentered state. Group theory and interorganizational theory drew attention to the role of diverse actors in policymaking. The study of policy networks explored these actors and their relationships. The concept of the hollow state arose to describe a state made up of proliferating networks. Finally, postfoundationalists amended these earlier ideas by insisting that the state should not be reified. There are, then, at least three different versions of the decentered state—the pluralist state, the hollow state, and the stateless state. The second section shows how the postfoundationalism of decentered theory transforms the earlier debates about network governance and pluralist democracy. The final section suggests that decentered theory privileges empirical studies of the stateless state and in particular of narratives, rationalities, and resistance. |
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