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A New Social Ontology of Government

Part of the Foundations of Government and Public Administration Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-48923-6

ISBN: 978-3-030-48922-9

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jul 8, 2020

1 - 10 of 10 Chapters

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Ontology and Government

Little, Daniel

Pages: 1 –15

[What kind of things do we need to hypothesize when we refer to “government”? A government is made up of actors—individuals who occupy roles; who have beliefs, interests, commitments, and goals; and who exist within social relations and networks involving other individuals both within and outside...
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Scientific Realism and the Study of Government

Little, Daniel

Pages: 17 –34

[When we discuss governmentgovernment we refer to social entities, forces, and relations like these: organizationorganizations, agency, social networksocial networks, culturalculture scheme, social actorsocial actor, normativenormative systemsystemnormative system, institutioninstitutions, and...
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The Ontology of Composition

Little, Daniel

Pages: 35 –52

[This chapter addresses ontologicalontology questions concerning the composition of social structuressocial structures and entities, and their relationships to the actors who compose them. Our theories and ordinary language refer to governmental structures, institutionsinstitutions, and...
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Intellectual Tools for Understanding Government

Little, Daniel

Pages: 53 –70

[This chapter introduces a handful of innovative ontological ideas about the social world: strategic action fields, assemblages theory, economic and class interests, and recent innovations in organizational sociologypublic administration. These ideas proceed largely from the...
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Institutions, Norms, and Networks

Little, Daniel

Pages: 71 –90

[Structures, normativenormative system systems, and institutions are things with sufficient fixity over time and sufficient firmness to permit them to be regarded as social entitiessocial entities. This chapter considers the ontological status of higher-level social entities. Institutions and...
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Sources of Organizational Failure

Little, Daniel

Pages: 91 –109

[This chapter turns to the sources of failure and dysfunction that arise within existing organizations. If organizationsorganizations were automata governed by exceptionless rules and procedures, the world we live in would be very different. All the individuals within the...
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Electoral Democracy

Little, Daniel

Pages: 111 –123

[Government within a democracy is expected to reflect the will of the people. However, the institutional arrangements of liberal democracy create the possibility of significant lack of alignment between government action and the public good. The political powerpolitical power of the electorate is...
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What Does Government Do?

Little, Daniel

Pages: 125 –144

[This chapter provides a treatment of what governmentgovernmentdoes. It is common to speak of government as if it has intentions, beliefs, plans, and fears. However, governmentgovernment is an extended network of offices, bureaus, departments, analysts, decision-makers, and authorityauthority...
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Governments as Regulators

Little, Daniel

Pages: 145 –160

[This chapter turns to the role that government plays in regulating activities that pose risks to public health and safety. How does government establish and implement prudent schemes of regulation of risky activities? Enforcement of regulations and policies faces many of the same obstacles...
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Concluding Observations

Little, Daniel

Pages: 161 –164

[This chapter reviews several substantive ideasinstitutions. First, the ontology of government proposed hereontology is actor-centeredactor-centered sociology. The properties and activities of government are generated by the socially-constituted actors who make up the offices and agenciesagencies...

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