Advancing collaborative governance theory and practice

Chapter 3 argues that governance theory has been too insular to draw in the necessary ideas and practices to achieve its substantive and democratic goals. By anchoring itself to unsustainable philosophical assumptions, governance theory is unable to respond to the world as it is now understood. The authors argue that both intersectoral governance and the crisis of sustainability create new objects of study that require a transdisciplinary approach – one that is beyond the grasp of any one discipline .