Community engagement describes a complex political process with dynamic negotiation
and renegotiation of power and authority between providers and recipients of health care in …

The health care environment is complex and turbulent, and traditional governance forms
face many challenges. As integrated delivery systems/networks are formed, governance …

Public health agencies tasked with improving the health of communities are poorly
supported by many 'business-as-usual'funding practices. It is commonplace to call for more …

This article explores accountability as a socially constructed and contested concept. The
increasing significance of network governance, in which responsibility for policy making and …

The increasing importance of network governance challenges researchers to rethink the
meaning of responsiveness in the theory and practice of public administration. This article …

Background O'Toole's seminal paper in 1997 called for treating networks seriously in public
administration. He stated: Networks are increasingly becoming important contexts for public …

We examine the processes and mechanisms of translating broader field-level change to the
local community, drawing on insights from the inhabited institutions perspective and …

Drawing on a longitudinal study from the early years of implementation of health‐care
networks in Quebec, this article describes how public‐sector managers deal with complex …

Awareness of the widening gap in health status and well-being between the poor and better-
off in society has become a central feature of health promotion discourse in the past two …

Public services are increasingly operating through network governance, requiring those at
all levels of the system to build collaborations and adapt their practice. Agent-focused …