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The relationship between government and civil society: a neo-Gramscian framework for analysis [PDF]
, 2016 This paper presents a neo-Gramscian framework for the analysis of the relationship between government and civil society. We argue that the influence of ‘post-traditional’ theories of modernisation on ‘networks’ and ‘network society’ is crucial in ...
De Rynck, Filip +2 more
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Networking strategies for coordinating interdependent policy issues: A motif approach
Policy Studies Journal, Volume 53, Issue 4, Page 925-943, November 2025.Abstract Complex societal challenges, such as climate change and environmental degradation, are encumbered by numerous interdependences across different policy issues. Coordination of interdependent policy issues is thus critical. However, coordination challenges persist, partly because coordinating interdependent policy issues among actors often ...
Johanna Hedlund +2 more
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Managerialism and the Changing Politics of Inclusion
Global Policy, Volume 16, Issue 4, Page 691-697, September 2025.ABSTRACT This contribution examines the tension between political inclusion and informal hierarchy found in the Hybrid Institutional Complex (HIC) for sustainable development. By drawing attention to the managerial logic underpinning the making of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), I highlight how increased inclusion leads to weaker obligations ...
Kavi Joseph Abraham
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The impact of central government steering and local network dynamics on the performance of mandated service delivery networks: the case of the Primary Health Care networks in Flanders [PDF]
, 2013 This paper focuses on the impact of central – local relations on the performance of local service delivery networks set up by central government. Analyzing network literature leaves us with some questions about the impact of coordination strategies of ...
De Rynck, Filip +2 more
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Boon or Bane?: The Hybrid Institutional Complex for the Sustainable Development Goals
Global Policy, Volume 16, Issue 4, Page 682-690, September 2025.ABSTRACT This Special Section marks the tenth anniversary of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Progress on the latter has been dismal, with only 17% of targets on track. The contributions to this Special Section explore the global governance of the SDGs as a Hybrid Institutional Complex (HIC): a global ...
Jack Taggart, Benjamin Faude
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Hybridity as a governmental technique for designing and delivering NAPLAN in Australian schools
Australian Journal of Public Administration, Volume 84, Issue 2, Page 362-380, June 2025.Abstract This paper explores the utility of hybrid governance as an analytical lens for understanding policy design and delivery in Australian schooling reform. Using the National Assessment Program in Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) as a case study, we argue that its design and delivery processes exemplify hybridity in myriad dimensions.
Glenn C. Savage, David de Carvalho
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From network governance to metagovernance
, 2023 Inter-organizational networks have become the de-facto organization structure for the delivery of large projects. This chapter describes a three-layered framework for the governance of these networks, from the investor, via intermediate governance levels to the individual network for the delivery of a project.
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The review and development of professional standards through the lens of Democratic Anchorage points
British Educational Research Journal, Volume 51, Issue 2, Page 572-591, April 2025.Abstract The recent review of the Scottish professional standards for teachers, led by the General Teaching Council for Scotland, offered a unique perspective to interrogate participative approaches in policy‐making in the Scottish education context and to provide insights and implications for future policy‐making. Using one of the authors’ experiences
Charlaine Simpson +2 more
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Review of Policy Research, Volume 42, Issue 2, Page 393-422, March 2025.Abstract Resolving policy potential disparities and coordinating among multiple stakeholders are essential components of effective policy implementation. Nevertheless, there has been limited scholarly attention to the causes and remedies for grassroots implementation challenges, particularly through the lens of new collective action theory and the ...
Chen Ran +3 more
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Restoring Order in Global Health Governance: Do Metagovernance Norms Affect Interorganizational Convergence? CES Open Forum Series #23, 2014-2015 [PDF]
, 2014 This paper theorizes about the convergence of international organizations in global health governance, a field of international cooperation that is commonly portrayed as particularly hit by institutional fragmentation.
Holzscheiter, Anna
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