Governing by network :
Goldsmith, Stephen,
Governing by network : the new shape of the public sector / Stephen Goldsmith, William D. Eggers. - Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2004. - 1 online resource (x, 224 pages) : illustrations.
"Innovations in American Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-210) and index.
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.
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.
Available electronically via the Internet.
0815797524 9780815797524 1280813083 9781280813085
Public-private sector cooperation--United States.
Public administration--United States.
Contracting out--United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE Contracting out. Public administration. Public-private sector cooperation. United States. Electronic books.
352.3/7
Governing by network : the new shape of the public sector / Stephen Goldsmith, William D. Eggers. - Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2004. - 1 online resource (x, 224 pages) : illustrations.
"Innovations in American Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-210) and index.
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.
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.
Available electronically via the Internet.
0815797524 9780815797524 1280813083 9781280813085
Public-private sector cooperation--United States.
Public administration--United States.
Contracting out--United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE Contracting out. Public administration. Public-private sector cooperation. United States. Electronic books.
352.3/7