Anarchy as a Model for Network Governance

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Wachhaus, T. Aaron
• 署名单位: Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02481.x
• 发表日期: 2012
• 页码: 33-42
• 关键词: policy network; management; performance; centrality; security

摘要

This article centers on two interconnected ideas that have garnered increasing attention in public administration: (1) a shift away from centralized institutional authority structures and (2) the concomitant rise of networks in the public sector. While network theories have been viewed as ushering in a new paradigm for understanding governance, they remain rooted in the language and framework of hierarchical bureaucratic systems. The author suggests that embracing an approach not grounded in a centralized institutional perspective may clarify network theories in public administration. Specifically, the author argues that anarchism has much to add to our understanding of networks and illustrates how an anarchist perspective may advance our understanding of networks in three areasnetwork formation, network stability, and accountability in networksin which the hierarchical perspective has generated persistent questions.