Overview
- Provides a better understanding of some of the central puzzles of empirical political science
- Answers to question like what accounts for both plasticity and perseverance of political institutions and practices
- Aims to formulate a better understanding of the persistence of dysfunctions in government and public administration
Part of the book series: Foundations of Government and Public Administration (FGPA)
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This book provides a better understanding of some of the central puzzles of empirical political science: how does “government” express will and purpose? How do political institutions come to have effective causal powers in the administration of policy and regulation? What accounts for both plasticity and perseverance of political institutions and practices? And how are we to formulate a better understanding of the persistence of dysfunctions in government and public administration – failures to achieve public goods, the persistence of self-dealing behavior by the actors of the state, and the apparent ubiquity of corruption even within otherwise high-functioning governments?
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Daniel Little is Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, USA, and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. His research focuses on the philosophy of social science. Recent books include New Directions in the Philosophy of Social Science (2016) and New Contributions to the Philosophy of History (2010).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A New Social Ontology of Government
Book Subtitle: Consent, Coordination, and Authority
Authors: Daniel Little
Series Title: Foundations of Government and Public Administration
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48923-6
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48922-9Published: 08 July 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48925-0Published: 08 July 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-48923-6Published: 07 July 2020
Series ISSN: 2523-7624
Series E-ISSN: 2523-7632
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 178
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations