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A New Social Ontology of GovernmentConcluding Observations

A New Social Ontology of Government: Concluding Observations [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 of government. Second, we can understand much of the workings of governments through the findings of institutionalinstitutions sociology and organizational studies. Governmentgovernment is an assemblageassemblages of organizationsorganizations, with social networkssocial networks, authorityauthority relations, and modes of influenceinfluence and cultureculture that influence and shape the behavior of the actors within the organizations of governmentgovernment. Third, governmentgovernment is inherently complex. It is a network of organizationsorganizations encompassing many mechanismscausal mechanisms of information gathering and analysis, priority setting, policy writing, regulationregulation, and enforcement. Throughout we have seen that these particulars of the composition of governmentgovernment give rise to the perennial possibility of dysfunction. All of these dysfunctions can be addressed, and indeed, many improvements are underway at present at multiple levels of governmentgovernment and civil society. However, it is clear that effective government is a dynamic and never-ending project.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A New Social Ontology of GovernmentConcluding Observations

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
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978-3-030-48922-9
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161 –164
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10.1007/978-3-030-48923-6_10
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[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 of government. Second, we can understand much of the workings of governments through the findings of institutionalinstitutions sociology and organizational studies. Governmentgovernment is an assemblageassemblages of organizationsorganizations, with social networkssocial networks, authorityauthority relations, and modes of influenceinfluence and cultureculture that influence and shape the behavior of the actors within the organizations of governmentgovernment. Third, governmentgovernment is inherently complex. It is a network of organizationsorganizations encompassing many mechanismscausal mechanisms of information gathering and analysis, priority setting, policy writing, regulationregulation, and enforcement. Throughout we have seen that these particulars of the composition of governmentgovernment give rise to the perennial possibility of dysfunction. All of these dysfunctions can be addressed, and indeed, many improvements are underway at present at multiple levels of governmentgovernment and civil society. However, it is clear that effective government is a dynamic and never-ending project.]

Published: Jul 8, 2020

Keywords: Social ontology; Government; Democracy; Organizational studies; Actor-centered sociology; New institutionalism

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