Getting results through collaboration : networks and network structures for public policy and management / edited by Myrna P. Mandell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mandell, Myrna P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Policy networks.

Physical Description:

xiii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books, 2001.

Summary:

Explores and analyzes the role of networks and network structures in developing and managing public policy.

Contents:

Part 1 Models and Typologies for Understanding the Nature and Management of Networks

2. After the Network Is Formed: Process, Power, and Performance / Robert Agranoff, Michael McGuire 11

3. From Subnet to Supranet: A Proposal for a Comparative Network Framework to Examine Network Interactions Across Borders / Matthew S. Mingus 30

4. Assessing and Modeling Determinants of Capacity for Action in Networked Public Programs / Glenn W. Rainey, Jr., Terry Busson 49

5. Multiorganizational, Multisector, and Multicommunity Organizations: Setting the Research Agenda / Beverly A. Cigler 71

Part 2 Behavioral Implications of Networks

6. Environmental Networks: Relying on Process or Outcome for Motivation / Lisa S. Nelson 89

7. Bringing about Change in a Public School System: An Interorganizational Network Approach / Rupert F. Chisholm 103

Part 3 Lessons From The Field: Extending Analytical Findings

8. The Impact of Network Structures on Community-Building Efforts: The Los Angeles Roundtable for Children Community Studies / Myrna P. Mandell 129

9. Creating Networks for Interorganizational Settings: A Two-Year Follow-up Study on Determinants / Renu Khator, Nicole Ayers Brunson 154

10. Cross-Sectoral Policy Networks: Lessons from Developing and Transitioning Countries / Derick W. Brinkerhoff, Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff 167

11. Will the People Really Speak? A Networking Perspective on Hong Kong as It Attempts to Build a Democratic Political Infrastructure / Robert W. Gage 189

12. The New South Wales Demonstration Projects in Integrated Community Care / Michael Fine 207

Part 4 Lessons from the Field: Views of Practitions

13. Neighborhood Networks in Worcester: Partnerships That Work / Richard Ford, Laurie Ross, Mardia Coleman 223

14. Reaching Consensus on the Tampa Bay Estuary Program Interlocal Agreement: A Perspective / Richard Eckenrod 231

15. Thoughts on Motivational Problems in Networks / Nina Burkardt 239

16. Empowering Communities Through the Use of Place Management / Illana Halliday 242

17. Getting Things Done Through Networks / Shayne Walker, Catherine Goodyear 249

18. Integrated Systems for Knowledge Management: A Participatory Framework to Help Communities Identify and Adopt More Sustainable Resource-Management Practices / Will Allen, Ockie Bosch, Margaret Kilvington 255.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1567204554

OCLC:

45743297