Social enterprises in rural community governance: Evidence from Tasmania

© Jurian Edelenbos and Ingmar van Meerkerk 2016. All rights reserved. In many countries, government and society have undergone a major shift in recent years, now tending toward 'smaller government' and 'bigger society'. This development has lent increased meaning to the notion of interactive governance, a concept that this book takes not as a normative ideal but as an empirical phenomenon that needs constant critical scrutiny, reflection and embedding in modern societies.