Networks have rapidly become the dominant trope in governance theory and practice. While
scholarship highlights important benefits, there has been insufficient systematic interrogation …

The popularity and scope of network governance research and practice continues to expand
from its divergent foundations, assumptions and methodological positions. This paper …

Although the past two decades have taught us much about the emergence, management,
and performance of governance networks, theoretical approaches to network governance …

Networks are recognized as an important lens for studying governance. However, in the
public policy and management literature, networks are both a theoretical concept and …

A substantial body of literature has addressed the emergence of new forms of network
governance in the urban realm. Whilst some authors tend to consider network governance …

In the final chapter, Betina Hollstein, Wenzel Matiaske, Kai-Uwe Schnapp, and Michael
Schnegg relate the new research perspective on networked governance to network …

Governance networks have gained increasing prominence in the wake of the many reports
of government and market failure. Drawing on the burgeoning literature, we first define …

Over the past few decades, in response to an array of ongoing societal challenges and
changes, network governance has become a cornerstone of the institutional architecture …

Influential governance theories argue that we live increasingly in a world of networks either
relegating hierarchy to the shadows or dismissing it altogether. This paper develops a …

Where do governance networks come from? How do they emerge and why do they arise?
Until recently these issues have not been prioritized in the network governance literature …