Presents a fresh conceptualization of self-governance as a response to the cutting-edge challenges of populism, paternalism and authoritarianism.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; Part I. Public Entrepreneurship: 1. Public entrepreneurship, competitive governance and polycentricity; 2. Entrepreneurship and collective action; 3. Voluntary actions and institutions: charting the territory; Part II. Citizenship: 4. Citizenship, political competence and civics: the Ostromian perspective; 5. From institutionalism to models of social agents: citizenship in institutionalist context; 6. Citizens' competence, self-governance and the new epistocratic paternalism; Part III. Self-Governance: 7. Anarchy, statism and liberalism: the self-governance alternative; 8. Conservatism, interventionism and social evolution: the self-governance alternative; Conclusions.