The construction of governance
International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior
ISSN: 1093-4537
Article publication date: 1 March 2009
Abstract
This paper offers a constructivist theory of governance. It begins by challenging rational choice and institutionalist accounts for neglecting meanings. If we are to take meanings seriously, we need to allow for the constructed nature of governance − governance depends on concepts that are themselves in part products of wider webs of belief. The rest of the paper argues, first, that constructivism is compatible with various forms of realism, and, second, that constructivism is strengthened by recognition of situated agency.
Citation
Bevir, M. (2009), "The construction of governance", International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 60-87. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-12-01-2009-B004
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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