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From Marketisation To Diplomacy: It's the Mix that Matters
Author(s) -
Rhodes RAW
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
australian journal of public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-8500
pISSN - 0313-6647
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8500.1997.tb01545.x
Subject(s) - polity , negotiation , persuasion , patience , diplomacy , typology , corporate governance , coping (psychology) , autonomy , positive economics , political science , sociology , economics , public relations , political economy , social psychology , management , law , psychology , politics , psychiatry , anthropology
In marked contrast to conventional Westminster models, this article proposes that a more useful explanatory framework is provided by the concept ‘the differentiated polity’. This new perspective not only focusses on fragmentation, networks, hollowing‐out and governance as alternative explanatory variables, but proposes that markedly different policy skills are required to manage ‘differentiated polities’. These skills include: coping with complexity; negotiating interdependence; game‐playing; reestablishing trust relations; and using diplomatic techniques of patience, perseverence and persuasion.