Managing Complex Networks

`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

• Foreword - R A W RhodesIntroduction - W J M Kickert, E-H Klijn and J F M KoppenjanA Management Perspective on Policy NetworksPART ONE: POLICY NETWORKS AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT: A STATE OF THE ARTPolicy Networks - E-H KlijnAn OverviewPublic Management and Network Management - W J M Kickert and J F M KoppenjanAn OverviewPART TWO: NETWORK DYNAMICS AND MANAGEMENTThe Dynamics of Closedness in Networks - L Schaap and M J W van TwistManaging Perceptions in Networks - C J A M Termeer and J F M KoppenjanStrategies and Games in Networks - E-H Klijn and G R TeismanAnalyzing and Managing Dynamic Processes in Complex NetworksInstruments for Network Management - J A de Bruijn and E F ten HeuvelhofManaging Implementation Processes in Complex Networks - L J O′Toole Jr, K I Hanf and P L HupeNormative Notes - J A de Bruijn and A B RingelingPerspectives on NetworksPART THREE: CONCLUSION: STRATEGIES FOR NETWORK MANAGEMENT Managing Networks in the Public Sector - W J M Kickert, E-H Klijn and J F M KoppenjanFindings and Reflections