Theories of Democratic Network Governance

This book seeks to renew and refocus the debate on the use of governance networks in public policy making. It raises and answers a series of questions about the dynamics, conditions and functions of governance networks and also considers the democratic implications of network governance.

MARK BEVIR Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, USA TANJA A. BÖRZEL Chair of European Integration, Otto-Suhr-Institute for Political Science, Centre for European Integration, Free University of Berlin, Germany ALLAN DREYER HANSEN Associate Professor, Department of Social Science, Roskilde University, Denmark JOHN S. DRYZEK Professor of Social and Political Theory, Australian National University, Australia JULIAN EDELENBOS Research Fellow, Department of Public Administration, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, The Netherlands ANDERS ESMARK Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Roskilde University, Denmark NILS HERTTING Researcher, Institute for Housing and Urban Research, University of Uppsala, Sweden ERIK-HANS KLIJN Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, The Netherlands JOOP F.M. KOPPENJAN Associate Professor, The Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, The Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands LAURENCE J. O’TOOLE, JR. Professor of Public Administration, Department of Public Administration & International Affairs, The University of Georgia, Athens, USA DIANA PANKE PhD Student, Otto-Suhr-Institute for Political Science, Centre for European Integration, Free University of Berlin, Germany B. GUY PETERS Maurice Falk Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, USA R. A. W. RHODES Professor, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia LINZE SCHAAP Leader of Centre for Local Democracy, The Faculty of Social Science, Erasmus University, The Netherlands PETER TRIANTAFILLOU Assistant Professor, Department of Social Science, Roskilde University, Denmark.