Book review: Research handbook on the governance of projects

In their final chapter 36 of the book, the authors point out how the scholarship field of governance and governmentality has seen the scope and range of contributions explode over recent years. They point out that in the 1980s the main questions asked was “what is in the contract?”, in the 1990s organisational processes and structures were studied and since then interest and understanding has embraced links to strategy, psychology, philosophy and other social science perspectives. We have a more holistic view of the practical mechanisms to plan, monitor and steer how projects and programs are delivered. This book draws...