The New Public Governance?: Emerging Perspectives on the Theory and Practice of Public Governance

448 Pages·2010·4.29 MB·English

by  Stephen P. Osborne (Editor)

THE NEW PUBLIC GOVERNANCE?
‘Stephen Osborne is to be congratulated for assembling an impressive array
of contributors and producing a text which makes a major contribution
to the debates about this emerging paradigm.’ Robert Pyper Glasgow
Caledonian University, UK
‘This book showcases the best writing on “public governance”, bring-
ing together new research in institutional analysis, policy dynamics, and
government–society relationships. It provides a good balance of conceptual
insights and empirical analysis grounded in the large changes evident in
advanced countries in recent decades.’ Brian Head University of Queensland,
Australia
‘This text, edited by Stephen Osborne, may do as much for critical insight
to Europe’s public service delivery as the David Osborne and Ted Gaebler
text on Reinventing Government did for the United States in the 1990s
in refocusing the public sector for improvement.’ Dean F. Eitel DePaul
University, USA
Despite predictions that ‘new public management’ would establish itself as the
new paradigm of Public Administration and Management, recent academic
research has highlighted concerns about the intra-organizational focus and
limitations of this approach. This book represents a comprehensive analysis of
the state of the art of public management, examining and framing the debate in
this important area.
The New Public Governance?sets out to explore this emergent field of research
and to present a framework with which to understand it. Divided into five parts,
it examines:
• Theoretical underpinnings of the concept of governance, especially compet-
ing perspectives from Europe and the US
• Governance of inte r-organizational partnerships and contractual relationships
• Governance of policy networks
• Lessons learned and future directions
Under the steely editorship of Stephen Osborne, and with contributions from
leading academics including Owen Hughes, John M. Bryson, Don Kettl, Guy
Peters and Carsten Greve, this book will be of particular interest to researchers
and students of public administration, public management, public policy and
public services management.
Stephen P. Osborneis Professor of International Public Management and Director
of the Centre for Public Services Research at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
He is President of the International Research Society for Public Management
(IRSPM) and Editor of Public Management Review (PMR).

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Public administration. 2. Public-private sector cooperation.
3. Organizational change. I. Osborne, Stephen P., 1953–
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY FATHER,
FRANK OSBORNE

CONTENTS
List of tables x
List of figures xi
Contributors xiii
1 Introduction 1
The (New) Public Governance: a suitable case for treatment?
STEPHEN P. OSBORNE
PART I
Theoretical perspectives on public governance 17
2 Global perspectives on governance 19
PATRICIA KENNETT
3 Meta-governance and public management 36
B. GUY PETERS
4 Innovations in governance 52

MARK MOORE AND JEAN HARTLEY
5 Governance and governability 72
JAN KOOIMAN
6 Does governance exist? 87
OWEN HUGHES
7 What endures? Public governance and the cycle of reform 105
LAURENCE E. LYNN, JR
vii
CONTENTS
PART II
Governance and interorganizational partnerships to deliver
public services 125
8 Theory of organizational partnerships: partnership advantages,
disadvantages and success factors 127
RONALD W. MCQUAID
9 Public–private partnerships and public governance challenges 149
CARSTEN GREVE AND GRAEME HODGE
10 Introducing the theory of collaborative advantage 163
SIV VANGEN AND CHRIS HUXHAM
11 Relationship marketing, relational capital and the governance
of public services delivery 185
STEPHEN P. OSBORNE, KATE MCLAUGHLIN AND
CELINE CHEW
12 Leading across frontiers: how visionary leaders integrate
people, processes, structures and resources 200
BARBARA C. CROSBY, JOHN M. BRYSON AND
MELISSA M. STONE
13 Public governance and the third sector: opportunities for
co-production and innovation? 223
VICTOR PESTOFF AND TACO BRANDSEN
PART III
Governance of contractual relationships 237

14 Governance, contract management and public management 239
DONALD F. KETTL
15 Governance of outsourcing and contractual relationships 255
FEDERICA FARNETI, EMANUELE PADOVANI AND
DAVID W. YOUNG
16 The governance of contracting relationships: “killing the
golden goose” 270
A third-sector perspective
STEVEN RATHGEB SMITH AND JUDITH SMYTH
viii
CONTENTS
PART IV
Governance of interorganizational networks 301
17 Trust in governance networks: looking for conditions for
innovative solutions and outcomes 303
ERIK-HANS KLIJN
18 Implementation and managerial networking in the New Public
Governance 322
LAURENCE J. O’TOOLE, JR, AND KENNETH J. MEIER
19 From new public management to networked community
governance? Strategic local public service networks in England 337
STEVE MARTIN
PART V
Governance of policy networks 349
20 Policy networks: theory and practice 351
TOBIAS JUNG
21 Policy networks in practice: the debate on the future of
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol 365
MENNO HUYS AND JOOP KOPPENJAN
22 Governance, networks and policy change: the case of cannabis
in the United Kingdom 394
BEATRIZ ACEVEDO AND RICHARD COMMON

23 Conclusions 413
Public governance and public services delivery: a research
agenda for the future
STEPHEN P. OSBORNE
Index 429
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