Democratic Governance

Olsen, Johan P., March, James G.

ISBN 10: 0028740548 / ISBN 13: 9780028740546

Published by Free Press, 1995

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 9717134-6

Synopsis:

Going beyond democratic theory, March and Olsen draw on social science to examine how political institutions create and sustain democratic solidarity, identities, capabilities, accounts, and adaptiveness; how they can maintain and elaborate democratic values and beliefs - and how governance might be made honorable, just, and effective. They show how democratic governance is both preactive and reactive - creating interests and power as well as responding to them - and how it shapes not only an understanding of the past and an ability to learn from it, but even history itself. By exploring how governance transcends the creation of coalitions that reflect existing preferences, resources, rights, and rules, the authors reveal how it includes the actual formation of these defining principles of social and political life.

About the Author: James G. March is the Jack Steele Parker Professor of International Management and professor of political science and sociology at Stanford University.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Democratic Governance
Publisher: Free Press
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good