The network society : economic development and international competitiveness as problems of social governance /

The network society : economic development and international competitiveness as problems of social governance /

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Author / Creator:Messner, Dirk.
Imprint:London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 1997.
Description:413 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:GDI book series no. 10
Subject:
Industrial policy.
Free enterprise.
Conservatism.
State, The.
Competition, International.
Economic development.
Competition, International.
Conservatism.
Economic development.
Free enterprise.
Industrial policy.
State, The.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2906186
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Other authors / contributors:Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik.
ISBN:0714644021 (pbk.)
Notes:Published in association with the German Development Institute, Berlin.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-413).
Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Remarks
  • Introduction and Formulation of the Problem
  • Part I. The Concept of "Systemic Competitiveness"--An Approach to the Development of National Competitiveness and Locational Advantages
  • 1. The Four Levels of Systemic Competitiveness
  • 2. Essential Requirements at the Macrolevel
  • 3. New Demands at the Company Level
  • 4. Shaping Structures in the Mesodimension - The Relevance of Selective Policies
  • 4.1. The Significance of the Mesodimension
  • 4.2. State, Business Enterprises, and Intermediary Institutions in the Mesodimension - Traditional Dichotomies under Attack
  • 4.3. The National, Regional, and Local Dimensions of the Mesolevel
  • 5. The Metalevel: Social Integration and Governance Capacity
  • 5.1. Building Social Structures as a Condition of Economic Modernization
  • 5.2. Social Organizational and Governance Capacity as a Dimension of Competitiveness
  • Part II. Reconstruction of the Theories of Social Governance Capacity
  • Chapter 1. Preliminary Remarks
  • 1.1. The Social Dimensions of Development - A Neglected Field
  • 1.2. Search Directions in Governance Theories in the Social Sciences - An Initial Structuring of the Field of Research
  • Chapter 2. The State as the Governance Center of Society
  • 2.1. The Modern Understanding of the State: The Internally and Externally Sovereign Leviathan
  • 2.2. Discussions of the State, Planning, and Governance in the Framework of Traditional Theory of the State
  • 2.2.1. Pluralism Theories, Elitist-democratic Concepts and their Proximity to Liberalist-economic Approaches
  • 2.2.2. Welfare State, Planned Capitalism, and Keynesian Global Management
  • 2.2.3. Limitations of Regulative Policy and Initial Approaches Seeking Solutions in the Project of "Rationalist Statism"
  • 2.3. From the Planning Illusion to the Issue of the State's Governance Capacity: The First Relativization of the Modern Understanding of the State
  • 2.4. The Neocorporatist Discourse on Patterns of Social Organization: Governance of Society via Networking be-tween State and Large-scale Organizations: The Second Relativization of the Modern Understanding of the State - The Discovery of the Governance Potentials of Society
  • Chapter 3. Neoconservative and (Neo) liberal Discourses on the Crisis of the State: From the "Ungovernability Debates" to the "End of the Governance Illusion"
  • 3.1. The Antipluralist Core of the Neoconservative Critique of the Modern State: An Attempt to Revitalize the Leviathan's Absolute Sovereignty
  • 3.2. (Neo) liberal Models for Restructuring the Relationship between State and Society
  • 3.2.1. Nozick: The Concept of the Minimal State
  • 3.2.2. Olson: The "Decline of Nations" as a Result of the Organization of Social Interests
  • 3.3. Resume
  • Chapter 4. The Systems-theoretical General Offensive against the Idea of any Governance Capacity of Societies
  • 4.1. Luhmann's View of the Problem of Social Governance
  • 4.1.1. Objections to Luhmann's Orthodoxy
  • 4.1.2. The Complex and Fragile Relationship between Social Interdependence and the Self-referentiality of Subsystems
  • Chapter 5. Initial Responses to the "Demystification of the State
  • 5.1. The New Modesty in the Discussion on Governance Theory Following the Ungovernability Debates and the Insecurities Generated by Luhmann
  • 5.2. Policy Research in the Political and Administrative Sciences in Search of a Realistic Discussion on the State: Empirical Search Processes
  • 5.2.1. From the Leviathan to the "Cooperative State"
  • 5.2.2. A Differentiated View of Governance Activities
  • 5.2.3. Partial Loss of State Sovereignty or the State as Primus Inter Pares?
  • 5.2.4. The Discovery of the "Third Sector" by the Theory of the State
  • 5.2.5. Institutional and Organizational Pluralism Instead of Market Versus State
  • 5.2.6. The Palette of Governance Media
  • 5.2.7. Results of the Reorientation in the Administrative and Political Sciences
  • Part III. The Network Society: Further Development of Theories of Social Governance Capacity
  • Chapter 1. Network Theories: An Innovative Look at Altered Organizational Patterns in Societies Marked by a High Level of Division of Labor
  • 1.1. Network Phenomena in Economy and Society as a Reaction to Processes of Social Transformation and a "Response" to Luhmann's Complexity Problematic
  • 1.2. Network Phenomena and the Limits of Hierarchical Governance
  • 1.2.1. The Complexity Trap as a Core Problem of Hierarchical Coordination
  • 1.2.2. The State as the Agency of Social Integration? Remarks on the Demanding Normative Foundations of Hierarchical Governance
  • 1.3. Social Integration in Societies Marked by Division of Labour: A Problem Rediscovered, not a New Problem
  • Chapter 2. Analytical Network Theories as a New Perspective on the Problem Posed by Social Governance
  • 2.1. The Limited Contributions Provided by Descriptive Approaches to Networks
  • 2.2. Strengthening Social Governance Potentials by Developing Network Structures - (Partial) Answers to New Demands on Society and the (Partial) Loss of State Governance Autonomy
  • 2.2.1. Networks as Organizational Patterns for Dealing with Reciprocal Dependence
  • 2.2.2. Networks: Emergent Patterns of Organization and Governance beyond Markets and Hierarchies, or Hybird Forms?
  • 2.2.3. Social Modernization as the Motor behind the Formation and the Universalization of Networks
  • 2.2.4. The "Art of Separation" and the "Art of Connection" - Reflections on the Organizational Patterns Underlying "Network Societies"
  • 2.3. Elements of a Definition of the Network Phenomenon
  • Chapter 3. Network Failure: The Problem Dimensions of the Organization of Networks
  • 3.1. The Problem of Numbers
  • 3.2. The Time Dimension of Decisions
  • 3.3. Institutional Consolidation of Networks: Conditions of and Problem Facing their Operation
  • 3.4. The Coordination Problem
  • 3.5. The Bargaining Dilemma
  • 3.6. Power in Network Relationships
  • 3.7. The Tense Relationship between Conflict and Cooperation
  • 3.8. Instead of a Resume: The Five Core Problems of Network Governance
  • 3.9. Governance Problems Resulting from the Interaction between Networks
  • Chapter 4. Dimensions of the New Pattern of Organization and Governance Designed to Mobilize the Governance Potential in Network Societies
  • 4.1. Interest Constellations, Action Orientations, Value Patterns, and Decision Styles in Network Structures
  • 4.1.1. Conditions for Mastering the Dilemma Posed by Typical Interest Constellations: The Simple Cases (Prisoner's Dilemma and Chicken Game)
  • 4.1.2. Conditions under which Complex Conflicts of Interest can be Mastered in Networks: The Difficult Case (Battle of the Sexes)
  • 4.1.3. Three Decision Styles and their Effects on the Governance Behavior of Networks
  • 4.1.4. The Problem of Justice in Network Structures: Reflections against the Background of the Studies of Rawls, Walzer, and Honneth
  • 4.1.5. Resume: Action Orientations and Decision Styles Capable of Overcoming the Pitfalls of Network Governance
  • 4.2. The Social Functional Logic of Networks
  • 4.2.1. Reciprocity as the Functional Principle of Networks Geared to Problem-solving
  • 4.2.2. Trust as a Functional Condition of Network Governance
  • 4.2.3. Dimensions of the Strategic Capacity of Network Actors and Networks
  • 4.2.4. The "Radical Individualist": A Network Actor Doomed to Failure - The "Public-choice Society": Unsuited to Mobilizing the Governance Potential of Networks
  • 4.3. Procedures and Institutional Mechanisms for Strengthening the Problem-solving Orientation in Networks
  • 4.4. "Openness" of Network Structures as a Motor of Innovation
  • 4.5. The Significance of Networks in Phases of the Policy Process
  • 4.6. The Network Cycle - The Efficiency of the Network Society with Reference to the Governance of Incremental and Radical Social Change
  • 4.6.1. The Dynamic Phase of a Network Cycle
  • 4.6.2. The Phase of Exhaustion of the Network Cycle
  • 4.6.3. The Phase of Upheaval of a Network Cycle
  • 4.6.4. Three Patterns of Acceleration of the Process of Change Leading to New Development Corridors
  • 4.7. On the Complementarity of Network Coordination and State-level Governance in the Network Society
  • Part IV. Social Governance Capacity and International Competitiveness
  • Chapter 1. Attempt at a Resume and an Outlook: Contours of a Synthetic View of a New Organizational and Governance Pluralism in Network Societies
  • 1.1. The State of Governance Theory in the Context of the Network Discussion
  • 1.2. An Enlightened Systems-theoretical View - and its Black Holes: The Conception of Helmut Willke
  • 1.3. Theoretical Search Process with an Eye to Jurgen Habermas and Bernhard Peters
  • Chapter 2. Conclusions Drown from the Governance Discussion on the Concept of "Systemic Competitiveness"
  • 2.1. The Macrolevel as the Framework for the Development of Competitiveness: The Primacy of Hierarchical Governance
  • 2.2. The Mesolevel as the Locus at which Dynamic Competitive Advantages are Created: The World of Network Governance
  • 2.3. The "New Production Paradigm" at the Microlevel: The World of Clusters
  • 2.4. Organizational and Governance Pluralism at the Metalevel: Social Governance Capacity as a Condition for Economic Efficiency and Development
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Figures in the Text
  • 1. Determinants of Systemic Competitiveness
  • 2. Determinants of Systemic Competitiveness
  • 3. The State as Governance Center
  • 4. Sectors of Society
  • 5. Governance Media
  • 6. The Coordination Problem
  • 7. The Social Functional Logic of Networks
  • 8. Dimensions of the Processing of Political Problems in Highly Differentiated Societies
  • Overviews in the Text
  • 1. Instruments of State Locational Policy in Germany
  • 2. Governance Problems from the Perspective of Different Authors and Theories
  • 3. Demands on State-level Governance
  • 4. Phases of the Policy Process
  • 5. Problem Dimensions and Pitfalls in Networks
  • 6. The Five Core Problems of Network Governance
  • 7. Interest Constellations Relevant in Networks
  • 8. The Problem Field of "Justice" in a Developing Market Economy--A Heuristic Overview
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