Governance has become one of the most commonly used concepts in contemporary political
science. It is, however, often used to mean a variety of different things. This book helps to …

Public managers can, to a certain extent, choose between various mana-ment paradigms
which are provided by public and business administration scholars and by politicians as …

Territory and scale have been some of the most relevant topics in recent political science,
but do we know enough about cooperation between local governments? How we think …

It is often said that advanced information and communications technology has the potential
to disrupt and transform industries. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is at the forefront of …

The notion of democratic network governance has attracted growing interest among
students of local and regional governance in all the Nordic countries since the 1990s. This …

Managing natural resources sustainably is a complex task that demands the involvement of
many different stakeholders. Network arrangements are used to try and achieve such …

The governance structure on which contemporary nature conservation policy and practice
are based represents a new structure that may affect development strategies in rural …

 Rapporten presenterer funn fra en studie som har sett på medvirkning fra lokalsamfunnet i
byplanlegging. Formålet har vært å få et generelt overblikk over kontakt, samarbeid og …

Protected area management in Norway is undergoing institutional changes with the
implementation of management models aimed at increased public participation. At the same …

This paper concerns steering aspects in the governance context of public transport. Various
theoretical views of steering have been presented over the years, and it has been argued …