Apples to Apples: A Taxonomy of Networks in Public Management and Policy (Elements in Public and Nonprofit Administration) - Softcover

Nowell, Branda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 110898746X ISBN 13: 9781108987462

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2022

Synopsis

Interest in networks in the fields of public management and policy has grown to encompass a wide array of phenomena. However, we lack a stable and empirically verifiable taxonomy for delineating one network class from another. The authors propose all networks and multi-organizational collaborative entities can be sorted into three taxonomic classes: structural-oriented, system-oriented, and purpose-oriented. This Element reviews the intellectual disciplinary histories that have informed our understanding of each of the three classes of networks. It then offers a taxonomic description of each of the three classes of networks. Finally, it provides a field guide for empirically classifying networks. The authors hope is the taxonomy presented will serve as a tool to allow the field to quicken the pace of learning both within and across classes. When we are able to compare apples to apples and avoid inadvertent comparison of apples and oranges, we all get smarter faster.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 110898746X
• ISBN 13: 9781108987462
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 102