Odlišné perspektivy defi nování a zkoumání konceptu governance v politických vědách a ve veřejné politice
Different perspectives of defi ning and investigating the concept of governance in political sciences and public policy

Summary/Abstract: Th is paper introduces the history of the concept of governance in the European and non-European context, putting special emphasis on perspectives that present the most commonways of its defi ning and investigating by diff erent authors in the political sciences and publicpolicy from the past to the present. Knowledge of these perspectives allows to understand andexplore the modes and circumstances related to the coordination of public and social policiesfocused on solution of contemporary societal problems and new social risks. In particular, thepaper presents six diff erent but mostly used perspectives that accentuate (1) the decreasing roleof the government, (2) the way in which large corporations are managed and controlled, (3) theintroduction of new public management, (4) the existence of countries characterized by more or less democratic government, (5) the greater involvement of social actors in addressing societalproblems, and (6) the growing role of inter-organizational and self-organizing networks ofactors infl uencing the policy-making and/or policy implementation of public and social policies.In conclusion, we summarize key findings and briefl y propose concrete analytical steps that canbe used to operationalize the concept of governance in order to best understand the processes of this phenomena that can be explored in public policy as a scientific discipline and societal practice.

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