The governor's dilemma, indirect governance beyond principals and agents, Kenneth W. Abbott, Bernhard Zangl, Duncan Snidal, Philipp Genschel
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The governor's dilemma, indirect governance beyond principals and agents, Kenneth W. Abbott, Bernhard Zangl, Duncan Snidal, Philipp Genschel
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The governor's dilemma
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
bibliographydictionaries
Oclc number
1142504172
Responsibility statement
Kenneth W. Abbott, Bernhard Zangl, Duncan Snidal, Philipp Genschel
Series statement
Oxford scholarship online.
Sub title
indirect governance beyond principals and agents
Summary
'The Governor's Dilemma' develops a general theory of indirect governance based on the tradeoff between governor control and intermediary competence; the empirical chapters apply that theory to a diverse range of cases encompassing both international relations and comparative politics. The theoretical framework paper starts from the observation that virtually all governance is indirect, carried out through intermediaries. But governors in indirect governance relationships face a dilemma: competent intermediaries gain power from the competencies they contribute, making them difficult to control, while efforts to control intermediary behavor limit important intermediary competencies, including expertise, credibility, and legitimacy. Thus, governors can obtain either high intermediary competence or strong control, but not both.--, Provided by publisher
Target audience
specialized
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