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1 - An Introduction to Polycentricity and Governance

from Part I - Foundations for Understanding and Researching Polycentric Governance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 September 2019

By
Mark Stephan ,
Graham Marshall  and
Michael McGinnis
Edited by
Andreas Thiel ,
William A. Blomquist  and
Dustin E. Garrick
Andreas Thiel
Affiliation:
Universität Kassel, Germany
William A. Blomquist
Affiliation:
Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis
Dustin E. Garrick
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
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Summary

Since the early discussions of polycentricity, the concept (and variations such as polycentric political systems, polycentric governance, polycentric order, etc.) has seen the development of numerous permutations, digressions, and contradictions. This chapter is meant to carefully step through key notions tied to polycentricity and polycentric governance. The chapter’s purpose is to discuss polycentric governance in particular, while giving some attention to polycentricity as a term from which polycentric governance originates. We build upon the classic version of polycentric governance as a 'polycentric political system', link this concept with broader conceptualizations of polycentricity, and survey the related ideas that have been investigated around the concepts of polycentric political systems, polycentric order, polycentric governance, and polycentric arrangements.

Keywords

polycentricitygovernmentOstromBloomington Schoolgovernancegovernance systems
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Governing Complexity
Analyzing and Applying Polycentricity
 , pp. 21 - 44
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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