PUBLIC POLICY NETWORKS AND 'WICKED PROBLEMS': A NASCENT SOLUTION?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Ferlie, Ewan; Fitzgerald, Louise; McGivern, Gerry; Dopson, Sue; Bennett, Chris
• 署名单位: University of London; King's College London; University of London; King's College London; University of Manchester; University of Oxford
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3298
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2010.01896.x
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: 307-324
• 关键词: STRATEGIC CHANGE; leadership

摘要

The last two decades have seen a shift in public services organizations from hierarchies to networks. Network forms are seen as particularly suited to handling 'wicked problems'. We make an assessment of the nature and impact of this shift. Using recent evidence from the United Kingdom (UK) National Health Service (NHS), we explore the nature and functioning of eight different public policy networks. We are also interested in whether there has been a radical transition - or not - from hierarchical to network forms.