Local Governments in Multilevel Governance

Robert Agranoff is professor emeritus at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington.

Robert Agranoff is the doyen of collaborative public management. Local Governments in Multilevel Governance explores the way multi-level government impacts public management. He explores how the shift from government to governance has changed the relationships between networks and bureaucracy, especially in local government. It will be a career defining book and a ‘must read’ for anyone interested in managing the complex webs of organizations that typify modern governance.

• Chapter 1: Governing in Multi-Level Systems: Administrative Linkages from Local to NationalChapter 2: Intergovernmental Relations Platforms: Managing in MLG Chapter 3: Bringing Local Governments into MLG SystemsChapter 4: Local System DevelopmentChapter 5: Politics: Big “P” and Small “p”Chapter 6: The Knowledge Management Challenge in MLGChapter 7: Networks and NetworkingChapter 8: Interoperability: Sequential Inter-organizational Planning and ProgrammingChapter 9: The New Bureaucracy: Conductive Administrative OrganizationsChapter 10: An Emerging Paradigm: Global Influences on Local GovernmentsChapter 11: Local Government, MLG: Its Administration in the Present and Future