In this paper I argue that governance can be referred back to the basic sociological categories of social order, institutions and power. More specifically, governance as an analytical concept refers to the ordering function of institutions that limits the role of self-help in social interaction. Since social order clearly predates the state the empirically relevant question is if governance outputs require some kind of functional equivalent to the state or if governance can be observed devoid of statehood in this functional sense. I discuss this question on the basis of evidence from different patterns of local governance (or: governance zones) observed in Afghanistan which are defined by various degrees of state involvement and governance ...
Studies of global governance typically claim that the state has lost power to nonstate actors and th...
This article problematises the idea of the Western concept of governance being applied to areas out...
The governance problematique constitutes a central research focus in contemporary social sciences. Y...
In this paper I argue that governance can be referred back to the basic sociological categories of s...
Unlike what Hobbesian theories argue, the provision of governance is not necessarily undermined by a...
Areas of limited statehood where the state is absent or dysfunctional are rarely ungoverned or ungov...
The absence of state authorities in areas of limited statehood does not equal anarchy, disorder, and...
The absence of state authorities in areas of limited statehood does not equal anarchy, disorder, and...
The governance problematique constitutes a central research focus in contemporary social sciences. ...
This paper explores the major streams of thought on governance and the way this concept has been imp...
Räume begrenzter Staatlichkeit, in denen der Staat entweder abwesend oder dysfunktional ist, sind se...
Governance ist zu einem zentralen Thema sozialwissenschaftlicher Forschung geworden. Dabei besteht Ü...
In dem Arbeitspapier führt Anja P. Jakobi grundsätzliche Überlegungen zum Verhältnis von nicht-staat...
Multilevel governance describes the diffusion of authority away from the central state. In this cont...
Das vorliegende Arbeitspapier untersucht Wirkungszusammenhänge von transnationalen Konstellationen s...
Studies of global governance typically claim that the state has lost power to nonstate actors and th...
This article problematises the idea of the Western concept of governance being applied to areas out...
The governance problematique constitutes a central research focus in contemporary social sciences. Y...
In this paper I argue that governance can be referred back to the basic sociological categories of s...
Unlike what Hobbesian theories argue, the provision of governance is not necessarily undermined by a...
Areas of limited statehood where the state is absent or dysfunctional are rarely ungoverned or ungov...
The absence of state authorities in areas of limited statehood does not equal anarchy, disorder, and...
The absence of state authorities in areas of limited statehood does not equal anarchy, disorder, and...
The governance problematique constitutes a central research focus in contemporary social sciences. ...
This paper explores the major streams of thought on governance and the way this concept has been imp...
Räume begrenzter Staatlichkeit, in denen der Staat entweder abwesend oder dysfunktional ist, sind se...
Governance ist zu einem zentralen Thema sozialwissenschaftlicher Forschung geworden. Dabei besteht Ü...
In dem Arbeitspapier führt Anja P. Jakobi grundsätzliche Überlegungen zum Verhältnis von nicht-staat...
Multilevel governance describes the diffusion of authority away from the central state. In this cont...
Das vorliegende Arbeitspapier untersucht Wirkungszusammenhänge von transnationalen Konstellationen s...
Studies of global governance typically claim that the state has lost power to nonstate actors and th...
This article problematises the idea of the Western concept of governance being applied to areas out...
The governance problematique constitutes a central research focus in contemporary social sciences. Y...