Public management and the metagovernance of hierarchies, networks and markets: the feasibility of designing and managing governance style combinations

What is modern governance? Is it the battle against ‘old-fashioned’ hierarchy, or is it the restoration of key hierarchical values? Is it optimizing network management, or maximizing the benefits of market thinking in the public-sector? This book argues that it is the combination of all this. The next questionis: In practice, how do successful public managers design and manage combinations of hierarchical, network and market governance? In other words: what is their rationale to apply metagovernance? Five case-studies show that metagovernance is a public management requisite: it amplifies the variation of actions public managers can take, and it prevents the three ideal-typical governance styles from undermining each other. INDICE: Introduction.- Theoretical Framework.- Research Approach.- Strategic Policy Making: Four Soil Protection Cases.- Street level Polica-making: Community Policing.- Possibilitites and Limitations of Metagovernance as Public Management.- Practical Implications: Increasing the Metagovernance Capacity.- Conclusions: Contribution to a ‘Grounded’ Theory of Metagovernance of Hierarchies, Networks and Markets as Public Management.

• ISBN: 978-3-7908-2053-9
• Editorial: Physica
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 401
• Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés