Polity Forum: Politics, History, and The State of the State
Polity (2008) 40, 379–385. doi:10.1057/pol.2008.9
Government, the State, and Governance*
Laura S Jensen1
1Virginia Tech
*I thank the other forum participants and the members of my Fall 2007 "Context of Public Administration" seminar at the Virginia Tech Center for Public Administration and Policy: Boris Bruk, Michael Delor, Liz Dulaney, Dale Herbst, Chuck Kirby, Kim Lee, Amanda Olejarski, Mike Potter, Nicole Rishel, Russell Shrader, Georgeta Solomitchi-Lester, Scott Weimer, and Jessica Wirgau. Thanks also to Lynn Margulis for her inspiration.
