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Governing by network : the new shape of the public sector / Stephen Goldsmith, William D. Eggers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldsmith, Stephen, 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public-private sector cooperation--United States.
- Public-private sector cooperation.
- Public administration--United States.
- Public administration.
- Contracting out--United States.
- Contracting out.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines for the first time the US government's transformation from centralized control over public programmes to facilitating services through networks of nongovernmental entities, as seen through the experience of dozens of public innovators.
- Contents:
- The new shape of government
- Advantages of the network model
- Challenges of the network model
- Designing the network
- Ties that bind
- Networks and the accountability dilemma
- Building the capacity for network governance
- The road ahead.
- Notes:
- "Innovations in American Govenment, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-210) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610813087
- 9781280813085
- 1280813083
- 9780815797524
- 0815797524
- OCLC:
- 476016590
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