Networks and Collaboration in the Public Sector: Essential research approaches, methodologies and analytic tools (Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management)

by RobynKeast (Editor), Christopher Koliba (Editor), JorisVoets (Editor), Joris Voets (Editor), Christopher Koliba (Editor), Robyn Keast (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2018

  $163.30

  Networks and other collaborations are central to the public sector's ability to respond to their diverse responsibilities, from international development and regional governance, to policy development and service provision. Great strides have been made towards understanding their formation, governance, and management, but more opportunities to explore methodologies and measures is required to ensure they are properly understood.

  This volume showcases an array of selected research methodologies and analytic tools that scholars and practitioners employ to examine networked arrangements and practices. Although it cannot attempt to capture all technical details for each one, this book provides a unique catalogue of compelling methods for researchers and practitioners, and discusses each specifically in the context of collaborative arrangements and network structures and how these are applied in practice.

  By bringing together leading and upcoming scholars in network research, the book offers a state of the art overview of the range and scope of current methods and tools, as well as emerging styles of empirical investigation. It will be of enormous assistance in guiding students and scholars in public management to study collaboration and networks empirically by demonstrating the core research approaches and tools for investigating and evaluating these crucially important arrangements.