Network Theory in the Public Sector

<p></p> <p>This book deeply explores and integrates existing network theory and related theories from a number of perspectives levels and jurisdictions to develop a framework to guide network design governance and management. The book focuses on the important issue of network performance looking at networks as bounded and consciously arranged; the actors who participate in them design the relationships among a bounded set of individual organizations to purse common objectives. Finally the chapters tease out the variety of governance modes or regimes that intersect with network governance. This book offers a comprehensive integrative interdisciplinary approach that enables specialists practitioners and administrators across a wide array of interests and fields to formulate and work on problems using a common language analytical framework and theoretical basis. </p>