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"What do public administrators and policy analysts have in common? Their work is undertaken within networks formed when different organizations align to accomplish some kind of policy function. To be effective, they must find ways to navigate complexity and generate effective results. Governanc...

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Main Author: Koliba, Christopher
Other Authors: Meek, Jack W, Zia, Asim
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, c2011
Series:Public administration and public policy ; 158
Public administration and public policy 158
Subjects:
Interagency coordination > United States
Interagency coordination
Intergovernmental cooperation > United States
Intergovernmental cooperation
Public-private sector cooperation > United States
Public-private sector cooperation
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Emergence of Governance Networks: Historical Context, Contemporary Trends, and Considerations
  • Networks as an Inherent Property of the U.S. Government
  • Federalism
  • Networks as an Inherent Property of Intersector Relations in the United States
  • Government-Nonprofit Relations
  • Government-Corporation Relations
  • Contemporary Trends Shaping Innovation in Governance Networks
  • Persistence of Wicked Problems
  • Move to Devolve
  • Move to Privatize
  • Move to Partner
  • Move to Regulate and Nationalize
  • Types of Networks Arising out of These Trends
  • Stakes: Withering State or Democratic Anchorage?
  • Descriptive Considerations
  • Administrative Considerations
  • Accountability Considerations
  • Performance Considerations
  • 2. Defining the Governance Network
  • Fundamentals of Social Network Analysis
  • Place of Interorganizational Networks in Public Administration, Policy, and Governance Studies
  • Networked Properties of Governance Processes
  • Discerning the Properties of Governance Networks
  • Conceptual Architecture of the Book
  • Summary
  • 3. Characteristics of Actors Participating within Governance Networks
  • Goal and Role Orientation of Network Actors
  • Social Sector
  • Geographic Scale
  • Scale of Social Nodes
  • Nodes as Organizations and Institutions
  • Nodes as Groups of Individuals/Communities of Practice
  • Nodes as Individual People
  • Spanning Social Scales
  • Center, Periphery, and Trajectories
  • Variation in Actor Resources and Stock of Available Resources to/Provided by Actors
  • Financial Capital
  • Physical Capital
  • Natural Capital
  • Human Capital
  • Social Capital
  • Political Capital
  • Cultural Capital
  • Knowledge/Intellectual Capital
  • Actor Characteristics: A Review
  • 4. Characteristics of Ties between Actors
  • Social Exchange Theory
  • Resources Exchanged
  • Formality and the Coordination of Ties
  • Strength of Ties
  • Flow of Authority across Ties
  • Command and Control
  • Concession and Comprise
  • Cooperation and Collaboration
  • Competition
  • Characteristics of Ties: A Review
  • 5. Network-Wide Functions
  • Network-Wide Functions
  • Operating Functions
  • Coordinating Action
  • Mobilizing and Exchanging Resources
  • Diffusing and Sharing Information
  • Building Capacity
  • Learning and Transferring Knowledge
  • Policy Stream Functions
  • Defining and Framing Problems
  • Designing and Planning Policy
  • Coordinating Policy
  • Implementing Policy through Regulation
  • Implementing Policy through Service Delivery
  • Evaluating Policy
  • Bringing Political Alignment
  • Policy Domain Functions
  • Network Functions: A Review
  • 6. Network-Wide Structures
  • Policy Tools
  • Macro-Level Network Governance Structure
  • Configurations of Governance Network Structure
  • Intergovernmental Relations (IGRs)
  • Intragovernmental Relations
  • Interest Group Coalitions (IGCs)
  • Regulatory Subsystems (RSSs)
  • Grant and Contract Agreements (GCAs)
  • Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)
  • Regional and Geogovernance (GG)
  • Network Structures: A Review
  • 7. Governance Networks as Complex Systems Dynamics
  • Permeability and Openness of Boundaries and Borders
  • System Boundaries
  • Input-Output Flows
  • Inputs
  • Processes
  • Outputs
  • Outcomes
  • Feedback
  • Negative Feedback
  • Positive Feedback
  • Medium of Feedback in Governance Networks
  • Policy Tools and Feedback
  • Representation and Interest Group Competition as Feedback
  • Acts of Administration as Feedback
  • Accountability as Feedback
  • Performance Measurement as Feedback
  • Network Governance as a Systems Construct
  • Governance Networks as Complex Adaptive Systems
  • 8. How Are Governance Networks Managed?
  • Convergence of Public Administration Paradigms
  • Contribution of Classical PA to a Network Administration Paradigm
  • Contribution of New Public Management to a Network Administration Paradigm
  • Contribution of Collaborative Public Management to a Network Administration Paradigm
  • Governance Network Administration Paradigm
  • Governance Network Administration (GNA) Strategies
  • Oversight and Mandating
  • Providing Resources
  • Negotiating and Bargaining
  • Facilitation
  • Participatory Governance
  • Boundary Spanning and Brokering
  • Systems Thinking
  • Decision Architectures, Communities of Practice, and Administrative Discretion
  • How Does Governance Network Administration Differ across Social Sectors?
  • Summary Implications for the Role of Managing Mixed-Actor Governance Networks
  • 9. Hybridized Accountability Regimes of Governance Networks
  • Governance and Accountability
  • Modes of Sector Governance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Nonprofit Governance
  • Governance of Governments
  • Democratic Anchorage
  • Accountability in Terms of Relationships between Network Actors
  • Governance Network Accountability Framework
  • Democratic Frame
  • Market Frame
  • Administrative Frame
  • Overlapping Accountability Frames
  • Implications of Sector Blurring
  • Nonprofit-Government Accountability Alignments
  • Corporation-Government Accountability Alignments
  • Hybridization of Accountability Regimes
  • 10. Governance Network Performance Management and Measurement
  • Governance and Performance
  • Performance Measurement Movement
  • Performance Management Systems
  • Challenging the Performance Paradigm
  • Challenges for Performance Management Systems in Governance Networks
  • Using Data to Drive Decisions and Actions
  • Performance Management and Network Accountability
  • 11. Governance Networks Analysis: Implications for Practice, Education, and Research
  • Deepening Our Situational Awareness of Governance Networks
  • Integration of Governance Network Analysis into Formal Education and Training
  • Case Study Analysis
  • Hypothesis Generation: Deductive Testing Leading to Generalization
  • Modeling Complex Governance Networks
  • Utilizing Action Research and Modeling to Inform Planning Design and Practice
  • Governance Networks, 2.0
  • 12. Conclusion: Smart (Democratic) Governance Systems
  • Smart Systems as Ensuring Democratic Anchorage
  • Smart Systems as Governing Dynamic Networks.

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