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Governance: Wyn Grant Department of Politics and International Studies University of Warwick

The document discusses the concept of governance and how it differs from traditional models of government. Governance emphasizes self-organizing networks between state and non-state actors, with interdependence and blurred boundaries. These networks interact continuously to share resources and goals. The state can indirectly steer such networks but its influence is debated. Governance involves dispersion of authority across many levels of government. Accountability is difficult with shared decision making, as seen in food safety. The document examines models of governance and their adequacy.

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Governance: Wyn Grant Department of Politics and International Studies University of Warwick

The document discusses the concept of governance and how it differs from traditional models of government. Governance emphasizes self-organizing networks between state and non-state actors, with interdependence and blurred boundaries. These networks interact continuously to share resources and goals. The state can indirectly steer such networks but its influence is debated. Governance involves dispersion of authority across many levels of government. Accountability is difficult with shared decision making, as seen in food safety. The document examines models of governance and their adequacy.

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Governance

Wyn Grant
Department of Politics and
International Studies
University of Warwick
What is
governance
■ Lessons from the ESRC Whitehall
programme
What it isn’t
■ Not the classic Whitehall model
with a strong executive running a
unitary state
■ Not New Public Management with
emphasis on a search for
efficiency through contracts and
markets
What it is
■ Governance emphasises self-
organising, inter-organisational
networks
■ Interdependence. Broader than
government brings in non-state
actors as traditional boundaries
between public and private (state
and market) blur
What happens?
■ Network members interact
continually to exchange resources
and negotiate shared purposes
■ An example in the food chain
would be high quality, value added
food products
Where is the
state?
■ Autonomy from the state, but it can
indirectly steer networks
■ Whether shift from direct to indirect
controls reduces or enhances state
power is contentious
Multi-level
governance
■ Dispersion of authority upwards to
EU and downwards to devolved
administration
■ Horizontal layering of power exists
alongside vertical connections
■ Vertical connections by definition
important in food chain
Ownership
■ Old models of accountability no
longer work
■ Many decisions are shared
between different competences,
e.g., food safety
■ Difficult for citizen to know who is
responsible
Adequacy of new
models
■ How adequate are private models
of governance?
■ For example, retailers as
surrogates for consumers in food
chain
Policy
complexity
■ EU follows German model of
federalism, complex distrbution of
responsibilities, e.g., pesticides
Regulatory state
model
■ Wolfe - effort to make state power
more efficient. Markets operate as
self-organising media of indirect
control
■ Majone - EU as regulatory state,
lacks fiscal policy instruments
■ Moran - displaces command state
and self-regulation leading to
efficiency gains
New politics
■ A politics of collective consumption
replaces a politics of production
■ Shift produces tensions in polity,
e.g., loss of trust in traditional
institutions, increasing resort to
direct action
■ Effective governance in food chain
needed
Introduction
■ State the purpose of the discussion
■ Identify yourself
Topics of
Discussion
■ State the main ideas you’ll be
talking about
Topic One
■ Details about this topic
■ Supporting information and
examples
■ How it relates to your audience
Topic Two
■ Details about this topic
■ Supporting information and
examples
■ How it relates to your audience
Topic Three
■ Details about this topic
■ Supporting information and
examples
■ How it relates to your audience
Real Life
■ Give an example or real life
anecdote
■ Sympathize with the audience’s
situation if appropriate
What This Means
■ Add a strong statement that
summarizes how you feel or think
about this topic
■ Summarize key points you want
your audience to remember
Next Steps
■ Summarize any actions required of
your audience
■ Summarize any follow up action
items required of you

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