Governance in the Twenty-First Century

Sport governance encounters: Insights from lived experiences

“…In encompassing governance within the commercial, public and non-profit sectors, across which the legal entities of sport transgress, Rhodes (1996) and Rosenau (1995) noted that governance is the process in which an organisation, network of organisations, or a society steers itself, allocates resources, and exercises control and co-ordination. This description signals a This study explored sport governance practice from the lived experience of one informant spanning a 30-year period in the governance of two sport organisations (basketball and cricket).…”

“…Using the description noted above (Rosenau, 1995), systemic governance structures might, therefore, be defined as a network of organisations which seek to allocate resources, and exercise control and co-ordination. Cricket Australia (the peak governing body for cricket in Australia), for example, governs not only within a network of state and regional associations, but also local level clubs.…”

Epistemic policy networks in the European Union’s CBRN risk mitigation policy

“…This is a very broad definition, but in fact it may even be too restrictive, because governance does not have to take place only at the 'decision-making' stage. As Rosenau (1995) argues, governance may include 'systems of rule', which entail 'control' and 'steering'. Schroeder further notes that governance 'provides a framework for understanding the fragmentation of authority to new actors and levels, and it enables a comprehensive analysis of interactions in a sector characterized more by complex decision-making and nested responsibilities for action ' (2011: 31).…”

Accountability in Public Policy Partnerships

“…Over recent years, the discipline of political science has witnessed a rapidly growing debate on 'governance', both at the national and the international or global level of politics. For some of the many contributions to this debate see, for example, Albert and Kopp-Malek (2002), Bevir et al (2003), Choudhury andAhmed (2002), Finkelstein (1995), Hewson and Sinclair (1999), Hooghe and Marks (2003), Jordan et al (2005), Keohane (2001), Knill and Lehmkuhl (2002), Kooiman (1993), Krahmann (2003), Nuscheler (2000), Nye and Donahue (2000), Pierre (2000), Rhodes (1996), Rosenau (1995), Stoker (1998), Vayrynen (1999. Key issues in this debate relate among others to the definition of the concept, empirical analyses of how governance works and the implications of new forms of governance for traditional government, its workings, legitimacy and accountability.…”