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

In the critical arena of public management and policy debates several schools currently try to
make sense of governance structures and processes, although one has so far had the …

The emergence of governance as a key concept in the public domain is relatively recent,
although the concerns which it embraces are age-old. This article traces the evolution of the …

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

In the standard works, accountability is defined as the legal obligation to respect the
legitimate interests of others affected by decisions, programs, and interventions. This has …

The interrelated, multilevel and interdependent nature of the policy environment, the
characteristics of many societal problems and the spread of new types of governance have …

This paper explores how network governance may be addressed through the notions of
governmentality and normalization. I suggest that it is fruitful to address network governance …

IN public administration theory and practice, it is increasingly acknowledged that many
processes of decisionmaking, policy implementation, and service delivery in the public …

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

The coordinating skills of network management are well documented, but there is little
understanding of how network management roles are acquired and sustained. This article …