55 THREE The limits of network governance Introduction Chapter Two suggested that there is little direct empirical evidence pointing to the emergence of authentic connectionist practices. On the contrary, much of the literature highlights barriers to this outcome. This chapter explores key themes in the critical literatures, highlighting the empirical basis for a critique of network governance theory: that it misreads both past and present, that governance networks are prone to resolving into hierarchies and incremental closure, that they reproduce
21 2 Communities, networks and social capital Yvonne Rydin Introduction The last chapter explored the promise and challenges of community planning and made it clear that collective action to shape neighbourhoods cannot be taken for granted. There is a key issue involved: enabling the dynamics by which a group of people come together to develop and implement a vision for their locality. This chapter uses the concepts of networks and social capital to understand these dynamics more fully. It begins by building on the discussion of the previous chapter on
Applying for PhD programmes can be a daunting, difficult process. Having a support network – whether it is your current lab or friends doing PhDs – during the process is extremely helpful. I remember my first PhD application rejection; it hurt, but once I shared the news with my supervisor, he was very supportive and encouraged me to apply for other programmes. He advised me about the PhD application process and some of the realities of academia. As an undergraduate student at the time, I found my discussions with him highly valuable. During this same time
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
425 Policy & Politics • vol 43 • no 3 • 425-41 • © Policy Press 2015 • #PPjnl @policy_politics Print ISSN 0305 5736 • Online ISSN 1470 8442 • http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/030557315X14350831088019 Scaling up networks for starving artists Ben Farr-Wharton, ben.farr-wharton@scu.edu.au Robyn Keast, robyn.keast@scu.edu.au Southern Cross University, Australia Creative industries development strategies have largely adopted a regionally embedded cluster platform to enhance the economic contribution of the sector. Such an isolated approach has done little to curb
139 CHAPTER SEVEN Scaling up networks for starving artists Ben Farr-Wharton and Robyn Keast Introduction An increasing number of countries are adopting a creative industries policy platform, combining the film, digital, media, music, performing arts and design segments under one banner to stimulate economic development. A key reason for this is that the innovation generated by those that work in the creative industries (henceforth ‘creative workers’) appears to produce significant spill-over effects across multiple economic sectors, while requiring little
163 TEN Active citizenship and the emergence of networks Introduction As we have argued throughout this book, active citizenship involves agency. Turner (1992), among others, emphasises the importance of people shaping rights and obligations through their participation in society, as active rather than passive citizens. Humans are viewed as autonomous self-determining beings, as agents who shape and change society (Touraine, 2000). This approach places agency at the centre of societal development. Crucially, the focus on agency has opened up citizenship
93 6 Network functions The reason we form networks is because the benefits of a connected life outweigh the costs. Nicholas Christakis, Interview in Wired: Business, 2010 As we saw in earlier chapters, participation in community life holds a number of advantages (as well as some drawbacks). This chapter sets out how networks specifically perform useful functions that are aligned with the purposes and principles of community development, especially their ability to carry ideas, information and resources across boundaries and to build meaningful relationships
, co-parents, schools, nurseries and paid care workers to provide care in what this study terms ‘care networks’. I have dedicated a chapter to care networks because they were so important in the interviewed women’s lives. Care networks describe complex, collective and multi-institution arrangements involving different forms of informal and formal care provided by family, friends, schools, nurseries and care workers. Care networks might be fragile or partial, leaving women with much of the day-to-day work of providing care, or they might provide valuable, regular
