Abstract
A shift towards governance taking place in public management and policy making implies among others the creation of new collaborative institutions that enable democratizing processes. The shift involves institutional change and requires public administration to learn to cooperate with citizens and organized interest groups. The process of learning and institutional change is refracted through practicalities embedded in existing institutions and power struggles between diverse actors involved in governance processes. A scholarly activity relevant for governance practitioners cannot ignore these contextual conditions of governance. A theoretical framework is needed which captures the practice of governance and links it to a wider social and institutional context. While focusing on development of a practice-based theory through case studies, author offers a wider reflection on the role of social research for governance practice.
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Governance and governance turn are contested terms; that is why an important part of the chapter is devoted to clarifying the meaning attached to the term within this book.
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Strumińska-Kutra, M. (2018). Practice-Oriented Reflection on Governance. In: Democratizing Public Management. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74591-6_1
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