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The concept of governance​
Neutral reality or normative ideal? ​
Interview with Mark Bevir
Intro: Professor Mark Bevir (1963) has enlighte­ned debates about the concept of governance, the power of ideas and the history of political thought with his interpretive yet theo­retically grounded research approach. He has tried to formulate a new explanatory framework for adminis­trative behavior that runs against the more established one’s of (new) institutionalism and rational-choice theory. He states that we should not try to explain the behavior of policy actors by re­ferring to ‘objective’ social facts such as an increased inflation or civil servants’ position within the bureaucracy. Rather, we should emphasize more empathically with individual agency, which is dependent on time and context.

​Keywords:  Governance, government, post-foundationalism, interpretive so-cial science
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Citeren: Krijger, F. (2016) The concept of Governance. Neutral reality or normative ideal? Public Note, 1(1), 1-5.
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