Managing Complex Networks

Foreword - R A W Rhodes Introduction - W J M Kickert, E-H Klijn and J F M Koppenjan A Management Perspective on Policy Networks PART ONE: POLICY NETWORKS AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT: A STATE OF THE ART Policy Networks - E-H Klijn An Overview Public Management and Network Management - W J M Kickert and J F M Koppenjan An Overview PART TWO: NETWORK DYNAMICS AND MANAGEMENT The Dynamics of Closedness in Networks - L Schaap and M J W van Twist Managing Perceptions in Networks - C J A M Termeer and J F M Koppenjan Strategies and Games in Networks - E-H Klijn and G R Teisman Analyzing and Managing Dynamic Processes in Complex Networks Instruments for Network Management - J A de Bruijn and E F ten Heuvelhof Managing Implementation Processes in Complex Networks - L J O'Toole Jr, K I Hanf and P L Hupe Normative Notes - J A de Bruijn and A B Ringeling Perspectives on Networks PART THREE: CONCLUSION: STRATEGIES FOR NETWORK MANAGEMENT Managing Networks in the Public Sector - W J M Kickert, E-H Klijn and J F M Koppenjan Findings and Reflections

`Today some of the most interesting advances in network management theory and its applications to the public sector find their origins in Europe. This text [is] well worth the attention of serious policy and public administration scholars... and graduate students' - Professor Richard Stillman II, Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado at Denver `Networks or subsytems are the unit of analysis to which we must turn our attention if progress is to continue in the social sciences and applied fields. This volume points the way' - Professor Gary L Wamsley, Center for Public Administration and Policy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University