LEADER 04374oam 2200721I 450 001 9910828594703321 005 20240402092431.0 010 $a1-134-64494-9 010 $a1-134-64495-7 010 $a1-280-33450-9 010 $a0-203-01689-0 010 $a0-203-15901-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203016893 035 $a(CKB)111004366677598 035 $a(EBL)165427 035 $a(OCoLC)57071080 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000164709 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11168658 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000164709 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10143975 035 $a(PQKB)11469807 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC165427 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL165427 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr5001565 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL33450 035 $a(OCoLC)48138547 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366677598 100 $a20180331d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe governance of large technical systems /$fedited by Olivier Coutard 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1999. 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in business organizations and networks ;$v13 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-19603-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; About the book; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the evolving forms of governance of large technical systems; On traditional modes of governance; Transforming an energy system: the evolution of the manufactured gas industry and the transition to natural gas in the United States (1807 1954); Striking bonanza: the establishment of a natural gas regime in the Netherlands; Technical systems and strategy: intercontinental telecommunications in the first quarter of the twentieth century 327 $aDesigning and operating storm water drain systems: empirical findings and conceptual developmentsNew challenges; Power plays: the politics of interlinking systems; From control to coordination: new governance models for information networks and other large technical systems; The internationalization of large technical systems: dynamics of change and challenges to regulation in electricity and telecommunications; Splintering networks: the social, spatial and environmental implications of the privatization and liberalization of utilities in Britain; On the governability of complex technologies 327 $aTheories of technology and the abolition of nuclear weaponsSome theoretical and critical remarks on the air transportation system and other large technical systems; Conceptualizing governance for interorganizational networks; Are there such things as small networks?; On control and shifting boundaries: modern society in the web of systems and networks; High variability discourse in the history and sociology of large technical systems; General index; Index of authors cited 330 $aThis work examines the governance of large technical systems (LTS) at firm, imdustry and state levels and the interactions between the systems and society. In particular, international contributors explore the implications of major technological , economic and social changes during the last twenty years for traditional forms of LTS governance. Their research is centred around the following themes:* traditional forms of governance* new regulatory challenges* the governability of complex technologies* conceptual issues related to the governance of inter-organizational networks