Complex Governance Networks - 9780367513320

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Complex Governance NetworksFoundational Concepts and Practical Implications\nAuthor(s): Gktu? Morl\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367513320, 978-0367513320\nSynopsis\nWhat are the roles of governments and other actors in solving, or alleviating, collective action problems in todays world? The traditional conceptual frameworks of public administration and public policy studies have become less relevant in answering this question. This book critically assesses traditional conceptual frameworks and proposes an alternative: a complex governance networks (CGN) framework.\n\nAdvocating that complexity theory should be systematically integrated with foundational concepts of public administration and public policy, Gktu? Morl begins by clarifying the component concepts of CGN and then addresses the implications of CGN for key issues in public administration and policy studies: effectiveness, accountability, and democr.