587© The Policy Press, 2012 • ISSN 0305 5736 Key words: governance • networks • overview • new public governance Policy & Politics vol 40 no 4 • 587–606 (2012) • http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/030557312X655431 Governance network theory: past, present and future Erik-Hans Klijn and Joop Koppenjan This article argues that governance network theory (GNT) has developed into a fully fledged theory that has gained prominence within public administration. The emergence of New Public Governance opens up new challenges, however, and instead of governance networks and
367 Policy & Politics • vol 43 • no 3 • 367-90 • © Policy Press 2015 • #PPjnl @policy_politics Print ISSN 0305 5736 • Online ISSN 1470 8442 • http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/030557315X14352341137386 Scale and intensity of collaboration as determinants of performance management gaps in polycentric governance networks: evidence from a national survey of metropolitan planning organisations Asim Zia, asim.zia@uvm.edu Christopher Koliba, ckoliba@uvm.edu University of Vermont, USA Jack Meek, jmeek@laverne.edu University of La Verne, USA Anna Schulz, anna
65 CHAPTER FOUR Scale and intensity of collaboration as determinants of performance management gaps in polycentric governance networks: evidence from a national survey of metropolitan planning organisations Asim Zia, Christopher Koliba, Jack Meek and Anna Schulz Introduction A growing number of studies characterise multi-level public–public and public–private inter-organisational partnerships as ‘governance networks’ (Klijn,1996; Jones et al, 1997; Kickert et al, 1997; Lowndes and Skelcher, 1998; Torfing, 2005; Klijn and Skelcher, 2007; Provan and
115 Policy & Politics • vol 44 • no 1 • 115-33 • © Policy Press 2016 • #PPjnl @policy_politics Print ISSN 0305 5736 • Online ISSN 1470 8442 • http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/030557315X14434611417726 article Managing commercialised media attention in complex governance networks: positive and negative effects on network performance Erik Hans Klijn, klijn@fsw.eur.nl Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Despite the importance of the media and the considerable literature on media logic and the mediatisation of politicians, there is very little research on
145 CHAPTER SEVEN Managing commercialised media attention in complex governance networks: positive and negative effects on network performance Erik Hans Klijn Introduction: public managers coping with commercialised media Society and governance processes have become very complex, and many authors argue that most service delivery and public decision-making takes place within networks of interdependent actors, characterised by complex decision and interaction processes and requiring collaborative leadership (Mandell, 2001; Koppenjan and Klijn, 2004; Ansell
Directly elected mayors are political leaders who are selected directly by citizens and head multi-functional local government authorities. This book examines the contexts, features and debates around this model of leadership, and how in practice political leadership is exercised through it.
The book draws on examples from Europe, the US, and Australasia to examine the impacts, practices, and debates of mayoral leadership in different cities and countries. Themes that recur throughout include the formal and informal powers that mayors exercise, their relationships with other actors in governance - both inside municipalities and in broader governance networks - and the advantages and disadvantages of the mayoral model.
Both qualitative and quantitative approaches are used to build a picture of views of and on directly elected mayors in different contexts from across the globe. This book will be a valuable resource for those studying or researching public policy, public management, urban studies, politics, law, and planning.
The public sector is going through a period of fundamental change. Service delivery, policy making and policy processes are being carried out by new actors and organisations with new interests, methods and discourses, related to the emergence of new forms of governance.
This timely book from bestselling author Stephen Ball and Carolina Junemann uses network analysis and interviews with key actors to address these changes, with a particular focus on education and the increasingly important role of new philanthropy. Critically engaging with the burgeoning literature on new governance, they present a new method for researching governance - network ethnography- which allows identification of the increasing influence of finance capital and education businesses in policy and public service delivery.
In a highly original and very topical analysis of the practical workings of the Third Way and the Big Society, the book will be useful to practicing social and education policy analysts and theorists and ideal supplementary reading for students and researchers of social and education policy.
Theories heralding the rise of network governance have dominated for a generation. Yet, empirical research suggests that claims for the transformative potential of networks are exaggerated. This topical and timely book takes a critical look at contemporary governance theory, elaborating a Gramscian alternative. It argues that, although the ideology of networks has been a vital element in the neoliberal hegemonic project, there are major structural impediments to accomplishing it. While networking remains important, the hierarchical and coercive state is vital for the maintenance of social order and integral to the institutions of contemporary governance. Reconsidering it from Marxist and Gramscian perspectives, the book argues that the hegemonic ideology of networks is utopian and rejects the claim that there has been a transformation from 'government' to 'governance'. This important book has international appeal and will be essential reading for scholars and students of governance, public policy, human geography, public management, social policy and sociology.
First published as a special issue of Policy & Politics, this updated volume explores the intersections between governance and media in western democracies, which have undergone profound recent changes. Many governmental powers have been shifted toward a host of network parties such as NGOs, state enterprises, international organizations, autonomous agencies, and local governments. Governments have developed complex networks for service delivery and they have a strategic interest in the news media as an arena where their interests can be served and threatened.
How do the media relate to and report on complex systems of government? How do the various governance actors respond to the media and what are the effects on their policies? This book considers the impact of media-related factors on governance, policy, public accountability and the attribution of blame for failures.
Scale is an overlooked issue in the research on interactive governance. This book takes up the important task of investigating the scalar dimensions of collaborative governance in networks, partnerships, and other interactive arenas and explores the challenges of operating at a single scale, across or at multiple scales and of moving between scales.
First published as a special issue of Policy & Politics, the volume explores the role of scale and scaling in a wide range of policy areas, including employment policy, water management, transportation planning, public health, university governance, artistic markets, child welfare and humanitarian relief. Cases are drawn from Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America and span all levels from local to global. Together, the theoretical framework and the empirical case studies sensitize us to the tensions that arise between scales of governance and to the challenges of shifting from one scale of governance to another.
