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Boundary Spanners in Public Management and Governance
Boundary spanning behavior is important for both public, non-profit and private organizations to ‘survive’: to stay relevant in relation to the environment, to innovate, to improve performance and to collaborate in an effective manner, especially in multi-organizational settings. Providing an assessment of factors influencing the work and effectiveness of boundary spanners, and discussing the impact of boundary spanners on different types of outcomes (collaboration, trust, organizational innovation), this book offers a coherent overview of the evolution of boundary spanning in an interactive governance context.
Critical Reflections on Interactive Governance
In many countries, government and society have undergone a major shift in recent years, now tending toward ‘smaller government’ and ‘bigger society’. This development has lent increased meaning to the notion of interactive governance, a concept that this book takes not as a normative ideal but as an empirical phenomenon that needs constant critical scrutiny, reflection and embedding in modern societies.
Civic Engagement, Community-Based Initiatives and Governance Capacity
This book intends to theoretically conceptualize and empirically investigate upcoming and established practices of community-based initiatives in various countries in which both citizens and governments join efforts and capacities to solve wicked issues. It aims to include and compare cases from various countries, departing from the notion that community-based initiatives take place in an institutional context of governmental structures, rules, procedures, regulations, and routines. This leads to government involvement in these initiatives and sharing the public space. Furthermore, the editors take into account what kind of leadership roles, knowledge, and resources are present and how they ...
The Effects of Boundary Spanners on Trust and Performance of Urban Governance Networks
Previous research has extensively analyzed the role, and indicated the importance, of network management for the functioning and performance of public or governance networks. In this article, we focus on the influence of boundary spanning actors in such networks - an aspect less examined in the governance network literature. Boundary spanners are considered to be important for governance network performance. Building on the literature, we expect a mediating role of trust in this relationship. To empirically test these relationships, we conducted survey research (N=141) among project managers involved in urban governance networks: networks around complex urban projects that include the organizations involved in the governance process (the formulation of policies, decision making, and implementation) in these complex projects. We found a strong positive relationship between the presence of boundary spanners and trust and governance network performance. The results indicate a partially mediating role of trust in this relationship. Furthermore, we found that these boundary spanners originated mainly from private and societal organizations, and less from governmental organizations.
Assessing the Performance Advantage of Public-Private Partnerships
This timely book questions the premise that Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have a performance advantage over traditionally procured projects, an assumption that motivates policymakers worldwide to enter into such contracts. Taking stock of novel research comparing the differences in performance between PPP and traditionally procured infrastructure projects and services, the chapters in this book thoughtfully scrutinise this supposed advantage.
Connective Management and Governance Network Performance
In this article, we empirically examine the relationship between connective management, democratic legitimacy, and network performance in governance networks around complex water projects in The Netherlands. Realizing effective and legitimate solutions in such a context is highly challenging, as a variety of interests are at stake, and actors often disagree about goals of the water issue at stake. Although previous research has indicated the importance of network management for the performance of governance networks, the issue of democratic legitimacy is not much addressed in this relationship. Building on the literature, we expect to find that throughput legitimacy has a partly mediating ro...
Handbook on Theories of Governance
The thoroughly revised and updated Handbook on Theories of Governance brings together leading scholars in the field to summarise and assess the diversity of governance theories. The Handbook advances a deeper theoretical understanding of governance processes, illuminating the interdisciplinary foundations of the field.
Zonder Bruggenbouwers Geen Integrale Gebiedsontwikkeling
Dutch Abstract: Integrale gebiedsontwikkeling biedt kansen voor het beter benutten van schaarse ruimte en het realiseren van economische voordelen. Daarnaast kan het zorgen voor meer betrokkenheid bij en een breder maatschappelijk draagvlak voor ruimtelijke ontwikkeling. Maar integrale gebiedsontwikkeling is complex en het vraagt van partijen met uiteenlopende belangen en denkbeelden dat ze met elkaar communiceren, elkaar begrijpen en tot gezamenlijke besluitvorming komen. Bruggenbouwers vervullen hierin een belangrijke rol, laat recent onderzoek zien. Wie zijn deze bruggenbouwers, wat doen ze, en hoe helpen ze integrale gebiedsontwikkeling succesvol te realiseren?
Handbook of Public Policy Implementation
In this comprehensive Handbook, international experts examine theoretical and empirical research to analyse a core element of the public policy process: implementation. Traversing numerous sub-disciplines and traditions including top-down and bottom-up approaches to public policy implementation research, the chapters present a synthesis of the state of scholarship and stimulate future thinking in the field.
