Lecture 6 - A public administration perspective to networks: networks as a social structure and networks as a governance model (guest lecture)

Question 1

Network governance forms can be categorised along two different dimension (Proven & Kenis, NA)

Answer 1

brokers and non brokers

Network administrative organisations (NAO)

Participant governed or externally governed

Question 2

Participant governed or externally governed (Proven & Kenis, NA)

Answer 2

Governed either collectively by the participants themselves

or

Single network participant takes leadership role of organisation

Question 3

Network administrative organisations (NAO) (Proven & Kenis, NA)

Answer 3

Separate administrative entity –> govern network / network activities

Question 4

Network tensions (Proven & Kenis, NA)

Answer 4

Efficiency vs inclusiveness

internal vs external legitimacy

flexibility vs stability

Question 5

Efficiency vs inclusiveness

Answer 5

Need for efficient operation / inclusive decision making

Question 6

internal vs external legitimacy

Answer 6

Effective network governance = building structures that are responsive to both internal and external legitimacy needs

Question 7

Global Network Society

Answer 7

Interaction between people, companies, governance = are no longer dependent on “place”

Shift from “space of place” to “space of flows”

possibility for new forms of social organisations / information networks

= space-time compression

Question 8

space-time compression

Answer 8

interaction is instantaneous and not bounded to place

Actors detached from places / become tied to global space of flows –> lose regulatory power + part of multi-actor/multi-level governance system

Question 9

Networks

Answer 9

society no longer a unified system –> rather loosely connected cells w/ spontaneous interaction between cell

limited interaction outside of cells

Question 10

How are networks a governance problem?

Answer 10

Actors group + re-group themselves in networks;

• create exclusion between participant and others
• regroup –> distance themselves from regulation networks create;a) new problems
  b) complicate responses

Question 11

3 forms of governance

Answer 11

shared governance

lead organisation governance network

network administrative organisations

Question 12

shared governance

Answer 12

depends on involved of all members

decentralised collective self governance

Question 13

lead organisation governance network

Answer 13

depends on involvement of lead members

centralised governance

Question 14

network administrative organisations;

Answer 14

network facilitation (synonym; aid)