Book contents
- Governing Complexity
- Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
- Governing Complexity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Foundations for Understanding and Researching Polycentric Governance
- 1 An Introduction to Polycentricity and Governance
- 2 Seeing Polycentrically
- 3 Foundational Aspects of Polycentric Governance
- 4 Evolutionary Institutional Change and Performance in Polycentric Governance
- Part II Interactions and Performance in Polycentric Governance
- Part III Constituting Polycentric Governance
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
1 - An Introduction to Polycentricity and Governance
from Part I - Foundations for Understanding and Researching Polycentric Governance
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 September 2019
- Governing Complexity
- Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
- Governing Complexity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Foundations for Understanding and Researching Polycentric Governance
- 1 An Introduction to Polycentricity and Governance
- 2 Seeing Polycentrically
- 3 Foundational Aspects of Polycentric Governance
- 4 Evolutionary Institutional Change and Performance in Polycentric Governance
- Part II Interactions and Performance in Polycentric Governance
- Part III Constituting Polycentric Governance
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
Summary
Since the early discussions of polycentricity, the concept (and variations such as polycentric political systems, polycentric governance, polycentric order, etc.) has seen the development of numerous permutations, digressions, and contradictions. This chapter is meant to carefully step through key notions tied to polycentricity and polycentric governance. The chapter’s purpose is to discuss polycentric governance in particular, while giving some attention to polycentricity as a term from which polycentric governance originates. We build upon the classic version of polycentric governance as a 'polycentric political system', link this concept with broader conceptualizations of polycentricity, and survey the related ideas that have been investigated around the concepts of polycentric political systems, polycentric order, polycentric governance, and polycentric arrangements.
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- Governing ComplexityAnalyzing and Applying Polycentricity, pp. 21 - 44Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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