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Managing Complex Networks
Strategies for the Public Sector
Edited by:
- Walter J M Kickert - Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Erik-Hans Klijn - Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Joop F M Koppenjan - Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
June 1997 | 224 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Although the concept of policy networks is now well-established in the field, most research has to content itself with description and analysis of their contribution to policy failure. This book goes further. It accepts policy networks as a fundamental characteristic of modern societies and presents an overview of the strategies for the management of these networks, as well as illustrating the various strategies for intervention.
R A W Rhodes
Foreword
W J M Kickert, E-H Klijn and J F M Koppenjan
Introduction
PART ONE: POLICY NETWORKS AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT: A STATE OF THE ART
E-H Klijn
Policy Networks
W J M Kickert and J F M Koppenjan
Public Management and Network Management
PART TWO: NETWORK DYNAMICS AND MANAGEMENT
L Schaap and M J W van Twist
The Dynamics of Closedness in Networks
C J A M Termeer and J F M Koppenjan
Managing Perceptions in Networks
E-H Klijn and G R Teisman
Strategies and Games in Networks
J A de Bruijn and E F ten Heuvelhof
Instruments for Network Management
L J O'Toole Jr, K I Hanf and P L Hupe
Managing Implementation Processes in Complex Networks
J A de Bruijn and A B Ringeling
Normative Notes
PART THREE: CONCLUSION: STRATEGIES FOR NETWORK MANAGEMENT
W J M Kickert, E-H Klijn and J F M Koppenjan
Managing Networks in the Public Sector
`Today some of the most interesting advances in network management theory and its applications to the public sector find their origins in Europe. This text [is] well worth the attention of serious policy and public administration scholars... and graduate students' - Professor Richard Stillman II, Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado at Denver
`Networks or subsytems are the unit of analysis to which we must turn our attention if progress is to continue in the social sciences and applied fields. This volume points the way' - Professor Gary L Wamsley, Center for Public Administration and Policy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
